Judd Trump shrugs off Ronnie O’Sullivan comparisons after UK Championship win - Trump completed a 10-8 win over qualifier Barry Hawkins at the Barbican Centre.

Judd Trump has brushed off comparisons with Ronnie O’Sullivan after his UK Championship win took him one ranking event closer to The Rocket’s all-time tally.

Watch live coverage and follow live text from the UK Championship final as Judd Trump overcomes Barry Hawkins at the York Barbican.

Judd Trump was forced to work overtime to end his 13-year wait for a second UK Championship title after squeezing past the dogged challenge of Barry Hawkins in York. Trump was stuck in his seat as Hawkins won two in a row to reduce the deficit to a single frame before the world number one pounced on a missed red from his opponent with a 67 break that proved just enough to seal a 10-8 win.

Six-time world champion Steve Davis has predicted that Judd Trump ‘is going to be the dominant force for a while’ in the world of snooker. Trump won the UK Championship for a second time after beating Barry Hawkins 10-8 in a brilliant final in York on Sunday.

Barry Hawkins is expecting a more free-flowing match against Judd Trump in the UK Championship final than his ‘gruelling’ clash with Mark Allen on Saturday night. The Hawk edged out the Pistol 6-5 in a lengthy contest that finished just short of 1am on Sunday.