{"id":299124,"date":"2023-12-03T12:54:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T12:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299124"},"modified":"2023-12-03T12:54:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T12:54:12","slug":"snooker-live-scores-as-ronnie-osullivan-faces-ding-in-uk-championship-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nba\/snooker-live-scores-as-ronnie-osullivan-faces-ding-in-uk-championship-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Snooker live scores as Ronnie O’Sullivan faces Ding in UK Championship final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ronnie O’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

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’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

\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

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’Sullivan standing in his way over two sessions today.<\/p>\n

Follow Express Sport<\/em>‘s live score updates of the UK Championship final below…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome!<\/h3>\n

Hello and welcome to Express Sport<\/em>‘s coverage of the UK Championship final at the York Barbican.<\/p>\n

Ronnie O’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

The latter edged past Judd Trump in last night’s semi-final clash and will have high hopes of securing his fourth UK Championship title after finishing as last year’s runner-up.<\/p>\n

Today’s final will get underway at 1pm and we’ll be on hand to bring you score updates as it progresses.<\/p>\n