Ronnie O'Sullivan secures record seventh UK Championship
Englishman beats Mark Allen 10-6 in the final
Rocket wins 19th Triple Crown title, beating Hendry's record
O'Sullivan won six frames in a row to lead 7-2
He won first UK title in 1993
O’Sullivan 7-2 Allen: 10th frame: 0-57
Image source, BBC SportThat may do it. O'Sullivan misses another biggie by some distance (we'll let him off, the cue ball was practically in the top-right pocket), allowing Allen to pick off a red from the back off the pack. Deficit to be reduced.
John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Two
On Mark Allen's open assessment of his own performance in the semi-final against Stuart Bingham...
I'm slightly surprised he came in and said this, personally I would want to keep that to myself. Some people just want to go out and tell the world how it is but he should probably have kept that to himself.
Image source, PAO’Sullivan 7-2 Allen: 10th frame: 0-56
Break over. Out of position, Allen can only roll into the pack. Still more than 80 points on the table.
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at the York Barbican
By pinching the first frame of the evening session, talk turned to chances of being finished in time for tonight's I'm A Celeb final on the other channel.
But Allen is spoiling the likelihood of that at the moment while in the reds.
O’Sullivan 7-2 Allen: 10th frame: 0-43
Call it off. A disappointing yellow. Just a frame to win now.
O’Sullivan 7-2 Allen: 10th frame: 0-32
Four reds, four blacks. Excitement level: pub just opened.
O’Sullivan 7-2 Allen: 10th frame: 0-0
By a long way, too. Real chance for Allen.
Image source, PAO'Sullivan 7-2 Allen
That is six in a row for O'Sullivan, stretching back to about 3pm this afternoon. At what point do we concede that there is no way back for the Northern Irishman?
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 65-25
No mistake this time. O'Sullivan is going five ahead.
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 60-25
Now then. One positional problem too many for O'Sullivan. A glimmer of hope for Allen, but neither of the two reds are pottable....
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 48-25
Cut of a surgeon for a red into the left centre. The cue ball isn't behaving, though. Two reds and two high-value colours required...
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 40-25
Get ready for 7-2. Left-handed, then right-handed from the Rocket. Five reds and five blacks will be enough...
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 23-25
As the game of chess gets more intricate, the tension cranks up and the coughs from the crowd become more frequent. This exchange is the difference between 7-2 and 6-3. Miss from Allen, open goal for O'Sullivan coming up...
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 23-25
Image source, PAIt's going from tactical to scrappy. Both men see long red attempts rattle the jaws. Ronnie screws his face as he prowls. In the audience, a lady in a red jumper has to put her head on the shoulder of the man next to her in order to see around the Rocket. It's been a while since a ball was potted...
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 23-25
The carpet around the table looks lush. Grey in colour, the sort you'd like to walk barefoot on. Homely. Tactical battle on. White ball in and out of balk as both men seek safety.
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 22-25
Image source, PAI'd describe the green colour of the back of Allen's waistcoast as elfish. The sort you might see one of Santa's helpers decked out in. Festive. Eeessshhh, that's unfortunate. Powerful cueing into a plant that results in a sunken red, but too many beans to leave a shot on the black. Break over.
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 22-16
When sporting entrances go wrong?
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Anthony OShea: Thats a lot of steps to negotiate into the arena! One trip and oops, game over..
O’Sullivan 6-2 Allen: 9th frame: 22-0
Wrestlemania VIII? Was that Hogan v Sid?
Blimey, Ronnie has missed a red along the cushion. Support for Allen...
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Marc Bazeley: The walk down from the top of the Barbican to the table is longer than the Ultimate Warriors' run-in at Wrestlemainia VIII