Ronnie O’Sullivan took just 609 seconds to complete an 18-8 victory over Kyren Wilson and seal a sixth world snooker title but insisted he is not driven by the prospect of going on to match Stephen Hendry’s record of seven.
O’Sullivan fired a break of 96 to claim the single frame he required at the start of the evening session after a streak of seven in the afternoon saw him rise from a potential predicament at 10-8 and complete the most one-sided final win since his 2008 triumph over Ali Carter.
His sixth title moved the 44-year-old level with Steve Davis and Ray Reardon but O’Sullivan, who pocketed a winner’s cheque for £500,000, insisted: “I’m not out there to break records and stuff like that.
Wilson told the BBC: “I’m a fighter. I’ll always be a fighter.
“I really struggled in the first session – I think we probably both had a little bit of a hangover from the semi-finals and then I thought I’d relax, get the shackles off and go for it.
“But, at the end of the day, the night belongs to Ronnie. He was amazing throughout the final. He showed his class when he probably wasn’t quite at his best and still stuck it out.”
