Gibraltar Open snooker: Ryan Day wins the second ranking title of his career
Ryan Day won the second ranking title of his career by defeating China's Cao Yupeng 4-0 in the Gibraltar Open final.
The Welshman made breaks of 58, 72 and 100 to race into a 3-0 before wrapping up the victory in just under an hour by edging a scrappy fourth frame.
Day, 37, began the season without a ranking title to his name despite reaching four finals but the 19th year of his career has proved to be his finest having also won the Riga Masters last June.
The UK Championship semi-finalist pocketed £25,000 for his efforts at the Victoria Stadium and is now up to 17th in the world rankings.
Day won seven matches in Gibraltar, notably beating Joe Perry 4-1 in the quarter-finals and edging out Scott Donaldson 4-3 in the semis having been hauled back from 3-0 up to 3-3.
Yupeng was playing in his second ranking final having previously done so at the Scottish Open back in December, when he blew an 8-4 lead to lose 9-8 to Neil Robertson.
The 27-year-old's defeat sees him also miss out ;on a place at the lucrative Players Championship later this month.
Victory would have shot Cao into the top 16 of the one-year ranking list and given him a spot in Llandudno, but the £12,000 runner-up prize is not enough, so Graeme Dott clings on to 16th position.
Here is the full list of Players Championship qualifiers
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Mark Williams
John Higgins
Judd Trump
Luca Brecel
Shaun Murphy
Mark Selby
Ding Junhui
Mark Allen
Ryan Day
Kyren Wilson
Neil Robertson
Stephen Maguire
Anthony McGill
Yan Bingtao
Graeme Dott
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