English snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan overcame a sluggish start to beat Stuart Bingham 6-5 on Saturday and reach his first UK Championship final for seven years.
O'Sullivan, who completed his fourth-round win over Mark Selt with a 147 break, fell 4-1 down in the early stages at York's Barbican Centre, but he hit back with breaks of 62, 68, 67 and 117 to level the semi-final.
His storming comeback disturbed Bingham's concentration and the Essex cueman duly completed victory with a break of 94 to set up a Sunday showdown with Judd Trump who beat Stephen Maguire 6-4.
O'Sullivan, 39, is bidding for a fifth UK Championship win to cap a memorable year in which he has claimed titles at the Masters, Welsh Open and Champion of Champions, as well as finishing second at the World Championship.
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