UK Championship final as it happened – Ding beats Maguire to take title

ByEurosport

Updated 08/12/2019 at 23:09 GMT

Relive how Ding Junhui beat Stephen Maguire to win the UK Championship title for a third time.

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UK Championship final - Ding wins third title

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21:35 - Ding wins the UK Championship 10-6

Maguire misses a tough pink and Ding makes no mistake. Another century and he takes the UK Championship for the third time! His first major title in eight years!

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21:15 - Maguire 6-9 Ding

Ding with a century of his own - a marvellous break of 131! He goes within one!

20:58 - Maguire 6-8 Ding

Comeback on the cards? Again, Ding misses an easy red and leaves an open table for Maguire to sweep up. Another century too!

20:44 - Maguire 5-8 Ding

Maguire gets the crowd going as Ding hands him the frame after missing an easy black. Maguire responds with his second century of the evening.

20:13 - Maguire 4-8 Ding

Ding takes the mini-session 3-1! Maguire looked like taking this one at the start, producing some wonderful snooker. But a missed red let's Ding back to the table and he produces a wonderful break of 67 that gives him a four frame lead.

19:51 - Maguire 4-7 Ding

A big fat fluke saves Maguire and he's home sailing from then, producing a big century. Well worth a watch this fluke. Crucial frame coming up.

19:37 - Maguire 3-7 Ding

Ding strings together a run of 45, but gives the table back to Maguire who lands a great red. He heads into the lead in this frame with a 53 break but misses a pressure red when it really matters and Ding takes the frame!

19:20 - Maguire 3-6 Ding

Maguire nails an excellent long pot coming off the break, but misses a more routine red to open up the frame for Ding who only needs one visit to the table to extend his lead, hitting a break of 83.

18:45 - ...and we're back...

This is it. Two weeks have boiled down to this: the final session of the UK Championship. Got your snacks? Banked some sleep? Good. We’re here with frame-by-frame coverage until the bitter end.

Who will win: Ding Junhui or Stephen Maguire? We're about to find out...

17:00 - We'll be back at 18:45!

Get some snacks, have a quick nap, we go again with the second session from 18:45 GMT on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport Player!

16:55 - 'Maguire has had a miracle'

16:40 - Maguire 3-5 Ding

Maguire takes a two frame cushion heading into the evening session as he halts Maguire's charge. Second session coming up at 7pm GMT!

16:30 - Maguire 3-4 Ding

Maguire is pulling off some fightback here! Ding has taken his foot off the gas and now Maguire is only one frame off levelling.

16:00 - Maguire 2-4 Ding

Maguire really had to grind it out but he has reduced the deficit with a break of 67. Two frames left in this first session.

15:40 - Maguire 1-4 Ding

Maguire pulls a frame back and it was the longest one in the match. He's on the board.

15:30 - Not Maguire's day... so far.

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14:47 - Maguire 0-4 Ding

Ding is on fire! He registers back-to-back centuries to go four up heading into the interval.

14:42 - Ding dominant so far

14:32 - How Ding extended his lead

14:26 - Maguire 0-3 Ding

Ding is off to a flyer! He records his seventh century of the championship - a break of 105 - and will take some stopping now.

14:08 - Maguire 0-2 Ding

Ding is off to a fine start but he was made to work for the second frame by Maguire.

Ding leads 2-0 with a 56 break proving to be the cornerstone of the frame.

13:40 - Maguire 0-1 Ding

Ding takes the opening frame 95-38 in 28 minutes in what has been a cagey start to the final - nerves on show perhaps.

13:20 - Maguire 0-0 Ding

A cautious but wonderfully tactical start to this with both players beginning brightly despite no reds knocked in yet.

13:12 - We are underway!

Ding wins the toss and will break...

13:07 - O'Sullivan in the Eurosport studio

12:58 - Maguire ready to go

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Maguire thrashed Mark Allen to reach the final of the UK Championship for the first time since 2007.

Maguire won the title back in 2004, beating David Gray 6-1 in the final, but he produced an even more dominant performance in the 2019 semi-final against Allen.

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