Stephen Hendry finished of this amazing
match with his fourth 147 break in professional competition.
All in all there were 7(!) centuries in this thrilling encounter. Four of them made by the
number one Scot. For his win he received �30,000. His charity, the National Playbus Association,
collected �100,000, plus a special maximum break donation of �20,000 from the WPBSA. Hendry himself
didn't get anything extra for the maximum. O'Sullivan got �20,000 as runner-up.
Prior to the final frame
Ronnie O'Sullivan had fought his way back
from 8-2 down to level the match at 8-8. But with his concluding maximum the reigning world
champion once again showed us all why he is the best player in the world.