THE GREATEST

Ronnie rules the world to match Hendry record

- HECTOR NUNNS

RONNIE O’Sullivan became the oldest Crucible champion on a night that saw him equal Stephen Hendry’s record seven world titles.

And having achieved that feat by beating Judd Trump 18-13 in the Betfred World Championship final, the Rocket can definitively be hailed as ‘the greatest’.

Already holding the records for most ranking titles, most majors, most century breaks and most maximum 147s, Hendry’s extra success in Sheffield was the itch the World No.1 needed to scratch.

And in doing that O’Sullivan edged ahead of his former mentor and friend Ray Reardon by winning the title at the age of 46 years and 158 days.