Ronnie O’Sullivan lead cut to 14-11 as Judd Trump storms back at Crucible

Ronnie O’Sullivan saw his seven-frame lead cut to three at the Crucible (Zac Goodwin/PA)

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s quest for a record-equalling seventh Crucible title was under threat as Judd Trump won six of the eight frames of the penultimate session of the final to reduce the deficit to 14-11.

O’Sullivan resorted to using a cigarette lighter to try to tidy up his troublesome tip in the last frame of the afternoon, by which point the prospect of Trump becoming only the fourth player to lose a world final with a session to spare had long disappeared.