Neil Robertson sunk the final pink to beat Judd Trump in a marathon final-frame decider and clinch his third UK Championship title in a post-midnightfinish in Milton Keynes.
At almost one o’clock and with the frame well beyondthe hour-mark, Trump missed a golden opportunity to pot the penultimate balland Robertson stepped in to seal an extraordinary 10-9 win.
Stephen Hendry will target eight hundred centuries and a return to the Crucible after making an impressive return to the professional snooker tour despite a 4-1 defeat to Matthew Selt in Milton Keynes.The seven-times world champion compiled the 776th three-figure break of his career in the second frame of the Gibraltar Open first round match, extending a mark that had stood for so long it forms part of his permanent social media handles.
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A supermarket manager won £500,000 on an online lottery game as he let his pet dog outside to go to the toilet.Gareth Bradley, 41, of Milton Keynes, was running a series of job interviews from home when he took a break and decided to play the National Lottery game Mega Cashword on his phone.
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Yan Bingtao was crowned the youngest Masters champion since Ronnie O’Sullivanin 1995 after sinking John Higgins 10-8 in Milton Keynes. The 20-year-oldChinese star rose to the occasion to see off the Scot, 25 years his senior,and claim the title in his debut appearance in the top-16-only tournament. Itwas a remarkably composed display from Yan, the world number 11, who twice hitback from two frames behind before seeing off the vastly experienced formertwo-time winner.
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