O'Sullivan v Wilson Final F10 2023 Champion of Champions

evening and a very warm welcome to the man bet X champion of champions here in a packed Rico arena in Coventry this is the final the first player to 10 frames will be crowned man but X champion of champions it's time now to meet the players we begin with a former Shanghai Masters champion and the winner of the 2018 Paul Hunter classic the warrior Kyron Wilson [Applause] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign champion of champions the reigning UK champion and a five-time champion of the world the Rockets Ronnie oh Sullivan [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Ronnie O'Sullivan has made that walk so many times before into the concluding session of a final if he wins tonight it will be his 66th professional tournament win okay standing in his way Kyron Wilson to break Karen Wilson stubborn stoic hard to break down yeah so when you mentioned the Sullivan and Morty's one it's the big occasion like this one table set up packed house but generally brings out the best in great players like him like Stephen Hendry the real top guys Steve Davis in his day the real champions love it in atmosphere like this on trophy night yes and that is a trophy they're playing for he's lifted it twice William Sullivan in fact he's always been in the final of the years he's played in it there was one year he missed out altogether it's always been playing on the Sunday Phil isn't he in this event he really suits him it's a format to which he responds much like the Masters played that really well it's got the keyword exactly where the red was thanks [Applause] Maria Sullivan just walked around not sure he could have been looking at but clearly nothing is available I thought he played okay in spells a little burst from when he lost the first frame to the point where he led 4-1 struggled thereafter but I thought the break of 131 and inside it was quite a special break actually kind of just finished the session with a bang it's what he needed I felt could not agree with you more the opening red was superb and a black office spot to split the bunch was exceptional it's a bigger three a big lead 6-3 but it's not insurmountable he's lost substantial leads in finals before two in the Masters spring to mind seven two up on the late Paul Hunter lost that one eight four up to Steve Davis in 1997. lost 10-8 so Wilson does have a realistic hope and we were right down the line of that and it was a very good return safety shot from Karen Wilson even Ronnie tap the table that's a good shot that really is good you can't do it mighty fine I'll tell you what that's I think the best of the lot that one he made the last safety shot tough for Karen Wilson as you have to say well okay this is going to be even more difficult and the reason is there was always a challenge he hits his tooth thick he goes it all four rattles a cube all in the Jaws magnificent safety shot that rotting into the Reds is all he has luckily being behind the green again here one constant theme of O'Sullivan's play today has been patience he took on a questionable blue with the cable tight under the side cushion trying to power that one in that was low percentage in the first session maybe one other red from distance but generally speaking he's not just playing well he's playing properly it [Music] thin safety shot that he spotted at the one in the middle of the bunch was potable and bringing the cable back so it's advantage of Sullivan I think trickling behind the color is the next shot but you have to create challenges and you may have done that with the snooker if the Reds were tightly packed he wouldn't feel quite vulnerable but they aren't they're already spread any mistake any misjudgment here could be really expensive that was the opposite of in this judgment that was ideally judged thank you [Applause] that's also a good shot he can get to the red on the left of course but down the right side I don't know if you can hear anything makes you wonder if my other little go at this right at long range it gets down where he's queuing now he'll be on the blank because he doesn't know if he misses the red that he's playing where that will finish so there's risk but he has to take some risk and otherwise he's in a spot to bother here well he's having a go at this you can tell by the way that he's winding himself up to play the shot well I can say it's always the red that you 've gone for I can't tell where that's going to finish and if nothing else Ronnie's got that right up the table the thin one not the kind of pot you want so early in a session when the queue's flowing and you've had plenty of time on the table it's a different matter yeah Susan arms from the crowd but that wasn't as simple as it might have appeared it was a ball he should have potted no doubt but far from a gimme one when you play that kind of shot you want to avoid putting top on the cue ball but really Wilson had no option now he was in trouble a while ago O'Sullivan's in even more trouble here foreign might just have a little Paramus and five look at this long red that didn't even leave his chair two things about this tournament that have been tremendous one the refereeing we've had no hint whatsoever of any mistakes the the three officials have been top-notch and also the table the people from Russ on Billiards must be very proud it's played really nicely just on behalf we have the cushion ride if we played a plane ball we'll make it a bit tighter if you want but I didn't really have to put a lot I didn't have to bend I didn't do that must admit I thought that Ronnie wasn't elevating that but the queue as much first time shape to do second time which means might have been not have been quite so far behind it yeah it's not much fun this shot little left-hand side onto the two cushions to glance thin off a red miss it again it's almost replica of the other ones Karen's got to look at this red I mean this is better than the previous and surely he's going to knock this in found the pink [Applause] well the only red didn't go in cleanly but then it went into the same in your own hands by playing the surely did and as I was saying he's got a punish he's got to capitalize some chances that come his way like this eight Wilson scoring in the first session was a little restricted 50 break in the frame 42 and the seventh 6 and the eighth he's only contributions of any great size but as Neil said this is a guilt Edge chance 22. sure 23. mistakes are high for Wilson this evening if he wins it's going to be the biggest payday of his career superseding the 90 000 pounds he won for being runner up in the Masters back in January oh but that was loose that was loose indeed wasn't it just we've played it's a much thicker Cannon there big shot too we'll cover the situation a bit but not as much as clearing the table uh his opponent The Two Reds down the table and the black spot there he'd love to lay up to one of those especially the right one how easy it's going to be twice across get it in there and not not the right room to do so what a brilliant shot thank you and Neil that was clever from Wilson apart from getting a good white he also got a good black fully intended to try and Chip the black under the the side cushion with a 40-point Lead the Way Forward should be forgotten that um Karen Wilson booked his place in the chair of any Chambers by winning the Paul Hunter classic which is the tournament in third in Germany I know he also won something else after that good shot for about 400 classic was considered a small tournament not many of the top 16 played in it Brazil because the prize fund wasn't High but there were spin-offs of winning it and this is one of them Karen Wilson won well this looks pretty nasty snow could be to be left in to be honest well these seems to be equal of most things but this is going to be really tough he's aiming for that bottom red again oh goodness this is really difficult to hit I think you'll have another go back and forth it's it slides when it hits the left hand cushion drops down too far so it's a difficult one and the Miss Cara Wilson full well he didn't intend to hit the red in mid table but a little clip off it would have done just fine for him so third time yes he over adjusted for that one it's somewhere in between the two shots is where he has to hit on the cushion okay my reiterate this is a difficult snooker to hit foul would be cool to miss because it can actually hit other Reds more easily but the one he's trying to hit is the one that would leave it safe okay and even giving 12 penalty points away the trade-off is definitely worth it if he can get safe with this one well yeah that's very true he doesn't want to be faced with too many of those Snookers though and for Wilson a 53-point lead with black under one cushion the blue down on the the bulk line almost it's a really useful advantage and now another red taken towards a cushion well you could have easily played safe from the red on the right at the table played a fairly ambitious shot right and maybe get on the black but he could have stopped the game there colon is slightly frustrated though Sullivan is right yes ever since so Sullivan missed that tricky red to the yellow pocket he's been kicking Against the Wind five six the lead expands to 63 points five Reds and therefore 67 on the table so this is rainbow and the fact that Wilson needs the rest should not be a discouragement using this Implement he's one of the very best in the business if not the best all right lets me down doesn't miss too many of those the problem that Sullivan has got though is of course as it was earlier with the black being safe probably read some pinks he's going to run out of points soon so we'll have to see in which way he brings the block into play s it one of the two yes four Reds and pinks from here I mean do you need to Snooker that's the reason he's just paused he can afford to take Reds and things a couple more times the maths are that you could get the black interplay runny some point 14. 15. no more leeway now 42 behind 43 on Ronnie O'Sullivan 21. [Applause] let me get the feeling it'll be a very good frame to win pretty unpromising position well there's no way that Wilson will remove the red from the side cushion that would be entirely counterproductive and things are getting more difficult all the time Brown Now put on the cushion and I don't know what he played yeah I think he's kind of giving this Frame up but he can still win it and he hasn't left the red on [Applause] the bike is obviously a real real problem for O'Sullivan but the table Now is better than it was a couple of minutes ago significantly better yes you might have been looking for a snooker there which could have you could have got any penalty points going this way it's a slightly different complexion to the frame a lot of opportunities to get the black in the play one with the yellow which I'm sure no one could ever have played it takes the think he can tie the frame which gives him a squeak still [Applause] it was a scruffy old frame really it's not that he disjointed but it was very much the liking of Colin Wilson who closes to within two at six four