After witnessing Ronnie O'Sullivan finally tie his longstanding record of seven World Snooker Championship titles, Stephen Hendry said he was "surprised it's taken him so long."
The seemingly inevitable came to pass on Monday when 'The Rocket' fired to an 18-13 final win over Judd Trump in Sheffield. O'Sullivan, 46, surpassed Ray Reardon as the oldest player to triumph at the Crucible, clinching a seventh world crown some 21 years after winning his first.
By contrast, Hendry won all seven of his titles over the course of a decade (1990-99) and made only 27 tournament appearances compared to O'Sullivan's 30. And the man known as the 'King of the Crucible' predicted his old foe will be determined to go on and break the record outright.
