Despite O'Sullivan sailing into the final day, some questions were raised after he clashed with the referee, who issued him with a formal warning for a lewd gesture.
The incident marred recognition of a ruthless first day performance by O'Sullivan, who punished a series of misses by Trump to win a streak of seven frames out of nine.O'Sullivan is now the oldest world snooker champion in history
O'Sullivan went on to take the first two frames in the evening with breaks of 82 and 88, each time building on errors made by the 33-year-old. Trump won two of the next three and made another bit of history by delivering a record-breaking 109th century of the tournament.Judd Trump in action After the game, Trump paid a"massive congratulations" to his competitor and said it had"been a pleasure to share the table with him".
"He's always been so good to me throughout my career, letting me practice with him when I was young, and try to learn things off him," he said.
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