▁the ▁final . ▁He ▁reached ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁Paul ▁Hunter ▁Classic ▁but ▁lost ▁ 2 – 4 ▁to ▁Mark ▁Allen . ▁He ▁then ▁suffered ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁round ▁ex its ▁to ▁Domin ic ▁D ale ▁and ▁Jam ie ▁Burn ett ▁respectively ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁ranking ▁events . ▁He ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁Champion ▁of ▁Champions ▁but ▁fell ▁ 3 – 8 ▁down ▁to ▁Ron nie ▁O ' S ull ivan , ▁before ▁reducing ▁his ▁def ic it ▁to ▁a ▁single ▁frame ▁by ▁taking ▁four ▁success ive ▁frames ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁two ▁centuries . ▁However , ▁O ' S ull ivan ▁won ▁the ▁two ▁frames ▁he ▁needed ▁to ▁triumph ▁ 1 0 – 7 , ▁with ▁Trump ▁claim ing ▁his ▁oppon ent ' s ▁standard ▁of ▁play ▁throughout ▁the ▁match ▁was ▁the ▁best ▁he ▁had ▁ever ▁encountered . ▁The ▁pair ▁also ▁met ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Championship ▁in ▁which ▁Trump ▁was ▁ 4 – 9 ▁behind ▁with ▁a ▁highest ▁break ▁of ▁just ▁ 5 6 . ▁However , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁frame ▁and ▁then ▁made ▁back - to - back ▁centuries ▁and ▁a ▁break ▁of ▁ 8 6 ▁to ▁only ▁trail ▁ 8 – 9 . ▁He ▁was ▁ 0 – 5 9 ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁frame , ▁but ▁cleared ▁the ▁table ▁with ▁a ▁ 6 7 ▁break ▁to ▁send ▁the ▁match ▁into ▁an ▁unlikely ▁dec ider ; ▁O ' S ull ivan ▁then ▁made ▁a ▁title - win ning ▁break ▁after