Xi’an Grand Prix snooker final LIVE RESULTS: Kyren Wilson BEATS Judd Trump to claim title after thrilling final
THE Xi'an Grand Prix has concluded - and what a thrilling final it was to cap off the tournament.
Kyren Wilson added to his world championship triumph earlier this year after he beat Judd Trump 10-8 to claim the title.
Wilson goes home with the huge £177,000 jackpot after triumphing in the final.
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O’Sullivan 4-2 Selt
Selt leads by 69 points in the seventh frame, knowing that any slip-up will give O'Sullivan the opportunity to win the match.
Wilson 5-1 Si
Wilson has stormed to a dominant victory, winning the final two frames by wide margins to secure a convincing win.
He tallied 495 match points to Si's 178, with an impressive pot rate of 83%.
O’Sullivan 4-2 Selt
O'Sullivan edges a close frame to take a two-frame lead over Selt.
Both players have a pot rate of 71%.
O’Sullivan 3-2 Selt
Both players are taking a cautious approach, with little separating them.
Selt holds a slim lead in this frame as he aims to level the match at three frames apiece.
Score update
O'Sullivan still has a one frame lead on Matthew Selt. He leads 3-2.
While, Kyren Wilson has restored his two frame cushion over Xu Si and leads 3-1.
O'Sullivan pulls ahead
The Rocket has put the opening frame behind him and now leads Selt 3-1 in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Si has pulled one back against Kyren Wilson with the tie finely poised at 2-1
Credit: GETTY Score update
O'Sullivan has taken the lead for the first time in the quarter-final after a dominant frame against Selt to put him 2-1 up.
Meanwhile, world champ Wilson has doubled his advantage over Si.
- O’Sullivan 2-1 Selt
- Wilson 2-0 Si
Rocket back in it
Ronnie O'Sullivan dominated the second frame against Matthew Selt to make the quarter-final all square at 1-1.
Latest scores
- O’Sullivan 1-1 Selt
- Wilson 1-0 Si
Latest scores
The opening frames of both quarter-final ties have concluded -
- O'Sullivan 0-1 Selt
- Wilson 1-0 Si
Quarter-final action underway in China
Today's quarter-final ties will be best of nine frames, with the winners progressing to Saturday's semi-finals.
Ronnie O'Sullivan takes on Matthew Selt while World champion Kyren Wilson Xu Si.
The winners of this morning's respective quarter-finals will face off in the last-4 tomorrow.
Credit: GETTY Today's quarter-finals
Good morning! SunSport takes a look at today's Xi'an Grand Prix quarter-final action.
From 7am BST
- O'Sullivan vs Selt
- Wilson vs Si
From 12.30pm BST
- Trump vs Gilbert
- Wells vs Hawkins
Afternoon session revealed
And then Judd Trump will continue his charge in the afternoon session today.
The afternoon ties get underway from 12.30pm BST.
Crucial morning session
Ronnie O'Sullivan and reigning world champ Kyren Wilson get their quarter-final clashes underway in this morning's big session.
The action begins at 7am BST.
Xi'an prize money
We're through to the quarter-final stage this morning.
Here is how the pot is looking for the tournament:
The total pot is a whopping £850,000, including a £5,000 bonus for the highest break.
- Winner: £177,000
- Runner-up: £76,000
- Semi-final: £34,500
- Quarter-final: £22,350
Last 16 full results
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Mark Allen
Judd Trump 5-1 Jak Jones
Gong Chenzhi 4-5 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams 4-5 Xu Si
David Gilbert 5-4 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 5-4 Jimmy Robertson
Dominic Dale 1-5 Daniel Wells
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-0 Hossein Vafaei
Quarter finals set
Here is what we have in store tomorrow morning, as the Xi'an Grand Prix rolls into the quarter-final stage.
- Kyren Wilson (1) vs Xu Si
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) vs Matthew Selt
- Judd Trump (3) vs David Gilbert (22)
- Daniel Wells vs Barry Hawkins (15)
Ronnie O'Sullivan on Xi'an
The Rocket said: "I have spent a couple of days here in Xi’an before.
"It has a beautiful atmosphere, you feel as if you're on a film set. It’s definitely one of my favourite cities.
"I come to China for the food, the culture and the people, if I do well at snooker that’s a bonus.
"It was a brilliant crowd and atmosphere today, this is probably one of the best tournaments of the season now."
Credit: Getty Recap of today's results
Wins for Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson today.
But Mark Allen, Mark William and Mark Selby have all lost.
Barry Hawkins 5 vs 3 Mark Allen
Judd Trump 5 vs 1 Jak Jones
Gong Chenzhi 4 vs 5 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams 4 vs 5 Xu Si
David Gilbert 5 vs 4 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 5 vs 4 Jimmy Robertson
Dominic Dale 1 vs 5 Daniel Wells
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5 vs 0 Hossein Vafaei
Xi'An prize money
The total pot is a whopping £850,000, including a £5,000 bonus for the highest break.
The breakdown is as follows:
- Winner: £177,000
- Runner-up: £76,000
- Semi-final: £34,500
- Quarter-final: £22,350
- Last 16: £14,000
- Last 32: £9,400
- Last 64: £5,350
- Highest break: £5,000
Gilbert knocks out Selby
David Gilbert has beaten Mark Selby 5-4 to progress to the quarter-finals.
Here are all of today's results:
Barry Hawkins 5 vs 3 Mark Allen
Judd Trump 5 vs 1 Jak Jones
Gong Chenzhi 4 vs 5 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams 4 vs 5 Xu Si
David Gilbert 5 vs 4 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 5 vs 4 Jimmy Robertson
Dominic Dale 1 vs 5 Daniel Wells
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5 vs 0 Hossein Vafaei
Final last-16 clash
David Gilbert and Mark Selby will go to the ninth and final frame to decide who will progress to the quarter-finals.
The tie is finely poised at 4-4 after Selby won the last frame to take it to a decider.
World champion Kyren Wilson goes through
After a thrilling clash with Jimmy Robertson, Wilson triumphed to progress to the quarter-finals.
The world champ beat Robertson 5-4 after a spectacular 9-frame clash.
Score updates
David Gilbert 4 vs 3 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 4 vs 4 Jimmy Robertson
Dominic Dale 1 vs 5 Daniel Wells
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5 vs 0 Hossein Vafaei
Score updates
Wilson has leveled the score at 4-4 so this one will go all the way with little separating the players.
Meanwhile, Gilbert leads 4-2 and is close to securing his place in the quarter-finals.
David Gilbert 4 vs 2 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 4 vs 4 Jimmy Robertson
Dominic Dale 1 vs 5 Daniel Wells
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5 vs 0 Hossein Vafaei
Two quarter-final matches confirmed
We can now confirm two of tomorrow's quarter-final matchups:
- Ronnie O'Sullivan will face Matthew Selt in the morning session.
- Daniel Wells will take on Barry Hawkins in the afternoon.
Xu Si and Judd Trump will have to wait longer to learn who their opponents will be.