At his best I firmly believe no one, not even Hendry , would beat O'Sullivan. No amount of control or safety can stop him potting his way out of trouble when in form, What he does that others don't is score so quickly. He just rattles off frames in minutes and steamrollers opponents . No time to re-group, no time to play your way back into the match. It's just a few half chances and bang bang bang. Lastly no one intimidates him .Hendy used to win matches on many occasions before he even potted a ball .