World Grand Prix 2024 snooker as it happened – Ronnie O'Sullivan won the final defeating Judd Trump 10-7
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Updated 21/01/2024 at 21:49 GMT
Follow live updates from the final of the World Grand Prix snooker ranking event in Leicester as world No. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan takes on Judd Trump in Sunday's final at The Morningside Arena. Trump won the first four, then O'Sullivan three of the last four in the afternoon session, three more to draw level at the interval at 6-6. O'Sullivan then pushed ahead to win 10-7.
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O'SULLIVAN WINS THE WORLD GRAND PRIX FINAL 10-7
He clears up the colours to take the crown after being 4-0 down in the opening half session. Thanks for following all the action with us tonight.
O'SULLIVAN 9-7 TRUMP (57-40)
O'Sullivan with a great yellow, using the brown for position on the green.
O'SULLIVAN 9-7 TRUMP (52-40)
Trump does brilliantly to get the last red off the cushion but he cannot pot the yellow so the frame is still alive.
O'SULLIVAN 9-7 TRUMP (52-5)
A magnificent long green now has Trump in position to build a big break.
O'SULLIVAN 9-7 TRUMP (52-1)
A fine half-century break but having to go in and out of baulk he just missed a pot into the bottom red pocket.
O'SULLIVAN 9-7 TRUMP (8-1)
O'Sullivan misses a long pot by a mile but it flies back down into the bottom left pocket and now he has a chance to win it.
O'SULLIVAN 9-7 TRUMP (0-1)
A dead weight red leaving himself on the black from Trump but the colour stayed in the jaws. It doesn't appear he has left anything on though.
O'SULLIVAN 9-7 TRUMP
We have a potential classic finish on our hands the way Trump is playing. A confidence-building break of 70 ends the frame.
O'SULLIVAN 9-6 TRUMP (0-76)
Trump is over the line now. A great frame from him.
O'SULLIVAN 9-6 TRUMP (0-35)
A remarkable shot to nothing plant from Trump but he has no position and rolls the ball behind the green. He is playing so well at present.
O'SULLIVAN 9-6 TRUMP (0-31)
A tidy break of 31 and he ends it on his terms with a safety.
O'SULLIVAN 9-6 TRUMP (0-1)
A great long pot from Trump gets him on the board. Every shot is under so much pressure now though.
O'SULLIVAN 9-6 TRUMP (0-0)
Trump is in a snooker from the break but gets out of it safely.
O'SULLIVAN 9-6 TRUMP
...And O'Sullivan clears up to go one frame away from victory.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (50-62)
The green wiped its feet but then the brown stopped in the jaws...
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (50-57)
Trump could only see a fraction of the red and it was enough to pot it and he now looks set to win the frame.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (50-51)
Two misses from O'Sullivan but Trump opts to take a tricky red down the cushion with a rest and jaws it once more. Though the black obscured the pot. O'Sullivan swerved to pot it and then left a snooker on the final red.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (45-43)
O'Sullivan gets in front but runs out of position.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (30-43)
What a mistake! Trump misses clipping a red fine and leaves a free ball. This might be the chance O'Sullivan needs.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (26-43)
O'Sullivan just misses with an attempt to move reds off the cushion and the frame is still in the balance.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (0-43)
A fantastic, brave break but he misses a pink to middle and now gives an opportunity to the Rocket to punish him.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP (0-7)
An incredible red from Trump and he follows it up with a pink to middle with awkward bridging. If he is going down he will go down going for his shots.
O'SULLIVAN 8-6 TRUMP
That is a heartbreaker for Trump.
O'SULLIVAN 7-6 TRUMP (51-48)
It was a brilliant break and great positional shot to get in behind the black, but he hit the near cushion before the pocket, leaving the ball in the jaws.
O'SULLIVAN 7-6 TRUMP (51-28)
Just like that...Trump finds his groove and now needs the colours to win. The black is on the bottom cushion though.
O'SULLIVAN 7-6 TRUMP (51-6)
Trump can only garner six before falling out of position and then missing into the middle pocket.
O'SULLIVAN 7-6 TRUMP (51-0)
O'Sullivan leaves himself a tricky red but er... rockets it home into the bottom left corner and powers the yellow into the middle. He looks irrepressible now....but then he misses a fairly easy red. What a strange game this is.
O'SULLIVAN 7-6 TRUMP (25-0)
The momentum continues. O'Sullivan is given a chance and is back piling up a score again.
O'SULLIVAN 7-6 TRUMP
Can Trump get back momentum. He didn't score a point in that first frame after the interval.
O'SULLIVAN 6-6 TRUMP (56-0)
Another good long pot sets up a chance which will surely put O'Sullivan over the line.
O'SULLIVAN 6-6 TRUMP (52-0)
A poor positional shot makes it end of break for O'Sullivan.
O'SULLIVAN 6-6 TRUMP (1-0)
O'Sullivan sinks a beautiful long pot on a shot to nothing, leaving himself on the yellow.
O'SULLIVAN 6-6 TRUMP (0-0)
Trump breaks off to get us back underway.
O'SULLIVAN 6-6 TRUMP
O'Sullivan clears up to leave the scores level at the interval. What a game we have ... back after the interval.
O'SULLIVAN 5-6 TRUMP (31-57)
After a break of 57, Trump fails to get the last red off the cushion and then a poor safety gives O'Sullivan a chance with the last red - which he takes.
O'SULLIVAN 5-6 TRUMP (30-8)
Another in-off! How many today. O'Sullivan pocketed the black but then went into the pack and a red drifted into the middle pocket - where Ronnie has missed so many pots.
O'SULLIVAN 5-6 TRUMP (20-0)
Trump misses another long pot and O'Sullivan us back at the table.
O'SULLIVAN 5-6 TRUMP (19-0)
Potting into the middle pocket has been O'Sullivan's weakness today and he misses another ending a break but doesn't leave a chance on.
O'SULLIVAN 5-6 TRUMP (1-0)
O'Sullivan left Trump a tempting long pot into the bottom right pocket but he misses and now O'Sulllivan is on the table. Just 43% long pot percentage from Trump today.
O'SULLIVAN 5-6 TRUMP
A break of 74 gives the Rocket the frame. Like O'Sullivan, Trump isn't interested playing for snookers when he needs multiple one.
O'SULLIVAN 4-6 TRUMP (36-0)
He seemed to have fell out of position but a cannon which receives a roar of approval from the fans keeps the break on track.
O'SULLIVAN 4-6 TRUMP (1-0)
Trump goes for a long pot but misses it by a mile and O'Sullivan is on the board.
O'SULLIVAN 4-6 TRUMP
O'Sullivan ends the frame with a break of 56.
O'SULLIVAN 3-6 TRUMP (58-12)
Trump gets a couple of reds and colours but leaves a third over the corner pocket and now O'Sullivan will reduce the deficit to two you would think.
O'SULLIVAN 3-6 TRUMP (58-0)
Once more on the cusp of a frame, things go wrong. O'Sullivan left himself a tough red to middle and misses it. He leaves nothing on though.
O'SULLIVAN 3-6 TRUMP (8-0)
Trump allows O'Sullivan a chance to make a sizeable break with a number of well-placed reds.
O'SULLIVAN 3-6 TRUMP
Trump leaves green over the pocket but O'Sullivan then misses the brown into the middle and Trump pots it to take a gruelling frame.
O'SULLIVAN 3-5 TRUMP (42-66)
Just the colours away from a massive frame to win - but he lost position on the green - but then he produces a magnificent snooker. This is the standard we were hoping for.
O'SULLIVAN 3-5 TRUMP (20-66)
O'Sullivan with a magnificent long pot cutting into the bottom right corner pocket and he has a chance to steal it.
O'SULLIVAN 3-5 TRUMP (19-66)
Trump loses position on frame ball.
O'SULLIVAN 3-5 TRUMP (19-1)
O'Sullivan leaves a ball in the jaws and a great chance for Trump now.
O'SULLIVAN 3-5 TRUMP (10-0)
O'Sullivan pots a red and yellow, then a dead-weight red and now he is amongst the balls around the black.
O'SULLIVAN 3-5 TRUMP
Trump gets the evening session underway.
1855 - THE EIGHTH FRAME COULD PROVE KEY
Had Trump gone into the evening frame 6-2 up it would have been tough to beat the 'Ace in the Pack', but at 5-3 it is a far more manageable endeavour.
1845 - WELCOME BACK...
Thanks for joining our coverage of the World Grand Prix Final where Judd Trump leads Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3. It is the first to ten.
O'SULLIVAN 3-5 TRUMP
A crucial red from O'Sullivan gives him the position to win the frame and he does it with a break of 63. He needed a good half-session and he had that, at least on the scoreboard, winning it 3-1 to be within touching distance going into the evening session. Thanks for following the match this afternoon.
O'SULLIVAN 2-5 TRUMP (33-33)
Trump ran out of position and then with no safety to play he potted an exquisite red positioned next to the cue ball into the reverse top pocket. He was still out of position though and had to play a safety.
O'SULLIVAN 2-5 TRUMP (33-8)
Just as I was about to put out a premature alert for five reds and five blacks, O'Sullivan missed the last of these. Trump now with a chance.
O'SULLIVAN 2-5 TRUMP (9-0)
Trump misses a long red and O'Sullivan then pots one, spreading the pack at the same time and setting up position on the black.
O'SULLIVAN 2-5 TRUMP
A break of 61 for Trump which sets up a crucial last frame of the opening session.
O'SULLIVAN 2-4 TRUMP (28-50)
A poor shot from O'Sullivan, possibly due to a kick, and it looks a formality for Trump now.
O'SULLIVAN 2-4 TRUMP (28-41)
Trump runs out of position after a break of 40 leaving the cue ball on baulk cushion for O'Sullivan.
O'SULLIVAN 2-4 TRUMP (28-9)
It really isn't the classic snooker we anticipated - from either player. O'Sullivan leaves a red in the jaws of the bottom left pocket and Trump is away again. But for how long?
O'SULLIVAN 2-4 TRUMP (6-1)
Trump pots the first ball, but can't get position and now O'Sullivan is at the table and things look ominous.
O'SULLIVAN 2-4 TRUMP
And break of 63 gives O'Sullivan the first two frames after the interval.
O'SULLIVAN 1-4 TRUMP (55-14)
And then Trump misses an easy pink, albeit with the rest.
O'SULLIVAN 1-4 TRUMP (54-14)
Trump misses a red himself, but then so does O'Sullivan. Scrappy play from these two great players.
O'SULLIVAN 1-4 TRUMP (54-0)
He ran out of position with blacks and potted a blue but then missed a simple red and Trump now has a chance.
O'SULLIVAN 1-4 TRUMP (32-0)
The Rocket is on the table. Four reds, four blacks... Could he?
O'SULLIVAN 1-4 TRUMP
The Rocket is on the board.
O'SULLIVAN 0-4 TRUMP (69-18)
The break ends with an in-off and then Trump does the same on his next shot. O'Sullivan is back on the table now.
O'SULLIVAN 0-4 TRUMP (54-14)
This time O'Sullivan will secure the frame. Just another couple of reds needed.
O'SULLIVAN 0-4 TRUMP (38-11)
Another in-off! This time O'Sullivan screwing back off a red he potted in the bottom left corner. Trump pots a couple of reds before running out of position.
O'SULLIVAN 0-4 TRUMP (38-0)
Another in-off! This time O'Sullivan screwing back off a red he potted in the bottom left corner.
O'SULLIVAN 0-4 TRUMP (16-0)
O'Sullivan now with a chance to take the frame.
O'SULLIVAN 0-4 TRUMP (4-0)
A lengthy safety impasse is broken when Trump goes in-off. The fourth in three frames.
THE PLAYERS ARE BACK OUT AFTER THE INTERVAL
Can O'Sullivan get back into the match.
O'SULLIVAN 0-4 TRUMP
A break of 59 from Trump has him four-up at the interval.
O'SULLIVAN 0-3 TRUMP (15-16)
He does so again and now it is a free ball to Trump.
O'SULLIVAN 0-3 TRUMP (15-12)
O'Sullivan thrice misses the pack coming off two cushions.
O'SULLIVAN 0-3 TRUMP (15-0)
The chance goes abegging.
O'SULLIVAN 0-3 TRUMP (5-0)
O'Sullivan now with a chance to build a break after a poor shot from Trump left a red over the pocket. The black in high up on the side cushion and pink a little hampered too, so not straight forward.
O'SULLIVAN 0-3 TRUMP (4-0)
Trump with a long pot but he goes in-off. The third in the space of half a frame.
O'SULLIVAN 0-3 TRUMP
He will feel he got away with one there, he gave O'Sullivan the chance to half the deficit but he gave the opportunity back and Trump took it.
O'SULLIVAN 0-2 TRUMP (52-52)
Trump at the table on the colours now.
O'SULLIVAN 0-2 TRUMP (52-44)
O'Sullivan takes the lead but loses position and then he goes in-off.
O'SULLIVAN 0-2 TRUMP (8-40)
Trump's break ends prematurely and he goes in-off to get the Rocket on the board in this frame. O'Sullivan then lays a snooker which Trump misses the reds from.
O'SULLIVAN 0-2 TRUMP (0-22)
A poor safety from O'Sullivan and Trump is back on the baize and amongst the balls.
O'SULLIVAN 0-2 TRUMP (0-12)
He fails to capitalise and the two are engaged in a safety battle at present.
O'SULLIVAN 0-2 TRUMP (0-1)
A prolonged spell of safety ends with a tremendous red to the left corner from Trump.
O'SULLIVAN 0-2 TRUMP
A break of 40 for Trump as he doubles his lead.
O'SULLIVAN 0-1 TRUMP (1-77)
O'Sullivan misses the black as well. He hits the far jaw of the middle pocket and Trump now will win the frame.
O'SULLIVAN 0-1 TRUMP (0-62)
Spoke too soon! Trump misses a regulation black which was frame ball.
O'SULLIVAN 0-1 TRUMP (0-56)
Lose safety from O'Sullivan and Trump is back on the table and set to go two up.
O'SULLIVAN 0-1 TRUMP (0-34)
Trump falls out of position, but ends with a decent safety shot leaving the ball on baulk.
O'SULLIVAN 0-1 TRUMP (0-14)
Trump now at the table and with a chance to go two-up.
O'SULLIVAN 0-1 TRUMP (0-0)
Trump missed a long pot this time and O'Sullivan had a chance he would usually easily snare, but he left the open red safe.
O'SULLIVAN 0-1 TRUMP
A break of 74 and O'Sullivan neglects to come to the table needing two snookers so he is one ahead.
O'SULLIVAN 0-0 TRUMP (0-13*)
Trump gets his hand on the table for the first time and nails a long red into the bottom red pocket. The blue afterwards wiped its feet but he's now off and running.
1255 - A MOUTH-WATERING FINAL AWAITS
When these two meet it is always special but the way the Rocket blazed past Ding Junhui in 70 minutes hitting four centuries makes this even more enticing.
1245 - HELLO AND WELCOME....
Thanks for joining our live coverage of the World Grand Prix final between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump.
Follow live coverage from the World Grand Prix final at The Morningside Arena in Leicester, where Ronnie O’Sullivan takes on Judd Trump in a best-of-19 showdown.
Dazzling O'Sullivan makes four centuries to dispatch Ding and to set up Trump showdown
Ronnie O’Sullivan made four century breaks in a superb display as he beat Ding Junhui to reach the 2024 World Grand Prix final.
O’Sullivan has seemed downbeat over his form this week and has said he is “not enjoying” snooker at the moment.
But his mood might have been lifted after producing arguably his best performance of the season to dismantle Ding and set up a final against Judd Trump, who beat Cao Yupeng 6-2 on Friday.
O’Sullivan, who has now won 13 matches in a row, opened with a break of 135 and then added three more centuries – 128, 128 and 124 – to win in just over 70 minutes.
"Almost like the Matrix," said former world No. 6 Alan McManus on ITV.
"He sees a picture and it’s all going to come together. I don’t know how he does it. From shot one until the end it was perfection."
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