World Grand Prix: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Ding Junhui to win title
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Ronnie O'Sullivan swept to a comfortable 10-3 victory over Ding Junhui to win the World Grand Prix in Preston.
The five-time world champion led 6-3 after the first session and rattled through the next four frames.
Ding's semi-final against world number one Mark Selby had finished in the early hours of Sunday, leaving the Chinese player little time to recover.
O'Sullivan took advantage for his 32nd ranking title and the £100,000 prize.
The 42-year-old Englishman made an early break of 71 to take the opener but Ding managed runs of 53 and 68 to go to 2-2 at the mid-session interval.
However, clearances of 124, 105 and 120 put O'Sullivan in control.
He started the evening session strongly with breaks of 46 and 43 as Ding struggled for fluency, and sealed victory in style with an 83 break.
"It is nice to be playing, competing and having fun," O'Sullivan told ITV Sport. "I re-dedicated myself to the sport before last year's Worlds and put the work in and I have had a few results.
"I haven't played since the Masters [in mid-January] so I came here cold and I got lucky this week."
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And very likeable !
World Championship soon, hope Ronnie hits top form again, would love to see him level with Reardon & Davis on 6
of his time on a snooker table as you see such talent once a lifetime.
This game is ridiculously hard to play, but this authentic genius makes it look effortless. His touch, his style, and cue ball control are all different class
Never will you see the likes of him again
Nonsense, even Hendry would disagree.
Stephen Hendry at his peak was miles more consistent than Ronnie but Ronnie can play shots Hendry wouldn’t even contemplate.
The best front-runner in snooker and 10-3 seemed inevitable after the first frame this evening. Lucky? Get a grip Ronnie. Genius? Definitely.
I was lucky enough to grow up watching Hendry, and even more fortunate to be in my early teens when Ronnie started dominating.
It's testament to Ronnie, that he is still the biggest scalp when he is 42 years old. Father Time can't even touch him.
Anyone that says different just cannot accept his utter genius.