Ronnie O'Sullivan has qualified for the final of the Champion of Champions snooker tournament in England with a 6-3 victory over Sean Murphy.
The five-time world champion made consecutive century breaks in the sixth and seventh frames to take control of his match against the defending champion to secure his place in the decider at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.
Murphy had beaten O'Sullivan in last year's final, but O'Sullivan won the third and fourth frames to build a 3-1 lead with breaks of 64 and 82.
The match was in the balance at 3-2 after Murphy won the fifth, but O'Sullivan capitalised on an early miss on the blue in the sixth by his opponent and produced an impressive break of 129 to go ahead by two frames.
He followed that up with a break of 127 for a 5-2 lead.
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Murphy won the eighth frame 102-0 but, in the ninth, the 42-year-old O'Sullivan booked his place in the final with breaks of 65 and 59 despite a miscue when he hit the white over the black and into the pocket.
O'Sullivan will face Mark Allen or Kyren Wilson in Sunday's final.
