London, Sunday: Judd Trump won his first Masters title in commanding fashion with a 10-4 win over seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final at London's Alexandra Palace on Sunday.
Trump rarely looked back establishing a 7-1 lead the opening session and that was too much of a deficit even for O'Sullivan to overcome in this all-English contest.
Victory gave Trump just his second title in a 'triple crown event (World Championship, UK Championship and Masters) following the 29-year-old's 2011 UK success.
Trump is proving something of a bogey man for O'Sullivan, who last month won the UK Championship for a seventh time, as he also defeated 'The Rocket' in the final of the Northern Ireland Open in November.
"I want to congratulate Judd -- he played fantastically well," O'Sullivan, 43, told the BBC. "Seven-one down against him was nigh on impossible. I tried to have a go but it just wasn't enough.
"Overall this year has been OK, but you are naturally disappointed when you lose in a final."
Trump surged into as 4-0 lead that included breaks of 89 and 87 before O'Sullivan, who had only scored 45 points in total in those first four frames, won the fifth with a break of 69.But there was no stopping Trump as he won the next three.
O'Sullivan won the first frame of the evening session only for Trump to respond immediately with a break of 88 as he went 8-2 up. The next three frames saw O'Sullivan make century clearances of 114 and 109, either side of Trump moving to within one frame of victory.
But any remaining hopes of a stunning comeback were dashed when O'Sullivan left a pink over the pocket, allowing Trump to finish the job.
"I have waited a long time for this...it is a dream come true," said Trump. AFP
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