Rocket pockets title

World number one Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed his 22nd ranking title with a 10-5 success over Liang Wenbo in the Shanghai Masters final.

Resuming with a 6-3 lead at the start of the evening session, O’Sullivan rolled in breaks of 109, 56, 69 and 71 to seal victory with four frames to spare in the best-of-19 contest.

Home favourite Liang had briefly rallied, winning two of the first three frames – either side of O’Sullivan’s century – to cut his deficit to 7-5.

But O’Sullivan finished off in style with three consecutive half-centuries to take home the silverware from the first world ranking event of the season.