{"id":301284,"date":"2023-12-03T12:54:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T12:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301284"},"modified":"2023-12-03T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T12:54:18","slug":"snooker-live-scores-as-ronnie-osullivan-faces-ding-in-uk-championship-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nba\/snooker-live-scores-as-ronnie-osullivan-faces-ding-in-uk-championship-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Snooker live scores as Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan faces Ding in UK Championship final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/4\/590x\/secondary\/Ronnie-O-Sullivan-Ding-Junhui-UK-Championship-snooker-final-5096754.jpg?r=1701606854386\"><\/p>\n<p>Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan faces Ding Junhui in the UK Championship final on Sunday as he bids to win a record-extending eighth title. The Rocket has found form at the perfect time this week and will take some beating at the Barbican Centre in York.<\/p>\n<p>After slumping through his opening two matches, the 47-year-old then breezed past Robert Milkins and Hossein Vafaei. After defeating the Iranian star in his semi-final, O&#8217;Sullivan joked that one of the reasons he is yet to retire is to hamper the careers of the younger generation who are bidding to outdo him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just hanging around,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan said to the BBC after his 6-2 win over Vafaei. \u201cI just like to think they won\u2019t have as good as a career, beat Judd here, this one here, this one there. I am just here to spoil their parties and ruin their CVs. I don\u2019t care about winning, making them think \u2018I could have had another few if it wasn\u2019t for him\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He could do just that against Ding, who defeated Judd Trump 6-4 in a semi-final that went late into Saturday night. The Chinese player has won this tournament three times and is a favourite at the Barbican, with just O&#8217;Sullivan standing in his way over two sessions today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow <em>Express Sport<\/em>&#8216;s live score updates of the UK Championship final below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Welcome!<\/h3>\n<p>Hello and welcome to <em>Express Sport<\/em>&#8216;s coverage of the UK Championship final at the York Barbican.<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan is hunting a record-breaking eighth title but will need to get past Ding Jinhui in order to get his hands on the trophy again.<\/p>\n<p>The latter edged past Judd Trump in last night&#8217;s semi-final clash and will have high hopes of securing his fourth UK Championship title after finishing as last year&#8217;s runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s final will get underway at 1pm and we&#8217;ll be on hand to bring you score updates as it progresses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/othersport\/1841524\/Snooker-scores-LIVE-UK-Championship-final-Ronnie-O-Sullivan-Ding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan faces Ding Junhui in the UK Championship final on Sunday as he bids to win a record-extending eighth <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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