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.

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 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.

Jimmy White believes Judd Trump has become an all-round player after playing ‘naughty snooker’ earlier in his career. White says Trump was once too attacking but has now improved his safety play to become one of the sport’s best-ever stars.

Bristol-born s nooker star Judd Trump has won the UK Championship 13 years after he last won the title. Trump beat Barry Hawkins 10-8 in the competition which ended in a tense battle in York.

Judd Trump won his first UK Championship title since 2011 as he beat Barry Hawkins 10-8 in a hard-fought final in York.

Judd Trump has won five straight frames from 3-1 down to beat Neil Robertson 6-3 and reach the last. John Higgins awaits world No 1 Trump who is now on his way to a potential second UK Championship title after his 2011 success.

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.