Ronnie O’Sullivan faces Ding Junhui within the UK Championship ultimate on Sunday as he bids to win a record-extending eighth title. The Rocket has discovered type on the good time this week and can take some beating on the Barbican Centre in York.
After slumping by means of his opening two matches, the 47-year-old then breezed previous Robert Milkins and Hossein Vafaei. After defeating the Iranian star in his semi-final, O’Sullivan joked that one of many causes he’s but to retire is to hamper the careers of the youthful technology who’re bidding to outdo him.
“I’m simply hanging round,” O’Sullivan stated to the BBC after his 6-2 win over Vafaei. “I similar to to assume they received’t have nearly as good as a profession, beat Judd right here, this one right here, this one there. I’m simply right here to spoil their events and damage their CVs. I don’t care about profitable, making them assume ‘I may have had one other few if it wasn’t for him’.”
He may just do that in opposition to Ding, who defeated Judd Trump 6-4 in a semi-final that went late into Saturday night time. The Chinese language participant has received this match 3 times and is a favorite on the Barbican, with simply O’Sullivan standing in his approach over two periods in the present day.
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