O’Sullivan beats Ding to clinch record eighth UK Championship title

Ronnie O’Sullivan clinched a record-extending eighth UK Championship title on Sunday, 30 years after his first

Ronnie O’Sullivan clinched a record eighth UK Championship title, beating Ding Junhui 10-7 in the final on Sunday.

The victory comes 30 years since O’Sullivan first claimed the title, when he beat Stephen Hendry 10-6 in 1993. He had most recently lifted the trophy in 2018 before this year.

The 47-year-old adds the 2023 title to previous wins in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Ding suffered a second successive final defeat, having fallen 10-7 to Mark Allen last year. He remains a three-time UK Championship winner (2005, 2009, 2019).

O’Sullivan defeated China’s Ding Junhui to lift the trophy

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