facing a disciplinary hearing, for appearing in forappearing in an for appearing in an exhibition event earlier this season and threatening to quit over the row. after reaching the quarterfinal, he said ijust can t be bothered anymore. but there was no lack of desire as he took on china s ding junhui in the final. the rocket raced into a 4 1 lead but ding remained calm, he had been here before, losing last year s final. three times, he hauled himself back into contention, but this, to make it 7 7, provoked the same reaction as poking a bear. it tookjust eight minutes for o sullivan to roar back into the lead. applause. it finally broke ding s resilience and the inevitable soon followed. commentator: what a final, what a contest! ijust had to come out and have a good head. this i thought, if i m going to lose, just make ding earn it. big crowd here, leave blood sweat and tears on the table. iif i don t win, that isjust one of those things, but i came out here and gave it my