World Grand Prix 2017: Barry Hawkins beats Day in final

Hawkins, the world number 12, raced into a 9-3 lead at Preston's Guild Hall courtesy of five century breaks - 114, 102, 129, 141 and 128.

But Welshman Day forced his way back into the best-of-19 final by winning four successive frames after runs of 87, 84, 92 and 75.

A relieved Hawkins, however, held his nerve in the 17th frame to pot the black after laying a telling snooker and clinch the title 10-7 to claim the £100,000 top prize.

"I felt so good at the start of the match and played so well. I didn't feel like I could miss when I got in the balls," Hawkins told worldsnooker.com.

"I got ahead of myself thinking I was going to make another century to win. If I had lost that last frame there I don't know what would have happened. I just managed to hold myself together and I got a lucky kiss on the blue after potting the brown.

"You can miss absolutely anything under that kind of pressure. I'm so delighted to win another tournament. I feel like I've been knocking on the door for a little while.

"I've had a few disappointments on the way so I think I deserved that one."

Day had been looking for his first ranking title after 18 years on the professional circuit.

"Every half mistake I had early on, he made a century break. That ramps the pressure up on your next visit, whether it's a chance in the balls or a safety shot. He was relentless.

"If I had won the seventeenth frame, I think it was game on as Barry was starting to feel the pressure. I won four frames relatively quickly.

"I beat Alfie Burden from 9-5 down in World Championship qualifying last year so I was trying to draw on that." 

World Grand Prix 2017: Daily Results

Monday February 6
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Judd Trump 4-2 Tom Ford (Match 8)
John Higgins 3-4 Michael White (Match 13)
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Kyren Wilson (Match 7)
Liang Wenbo 4-0 Dominic Dale (Match 4)

Tuesday February 7
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Stuart Bingham 2-4 Ryan Day (Match 14)
Shaun Murphy 4-1 Michael Holt (Match 15)
Mark King 4-3 Stephen Maguire (Match 10)
Joe Perry 4-2 Mark Williams (Match 2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 Yan Bingtao (Match 5)
Marco Fu 4-2 Jamie Jones (Match 12)
Anthony McGill 4-1 David Gilbert (Match 11)
Ali Carter 4-3 Zhou Yuelong (Match 9)

Wednesday February 8
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Mark Selby 3-4 Martin Gould (Match 1)
Neil Robertson 4-2 Ricky Walden (Match 6)
Anthony Hamilton 0-4 Mark Allen (Match 3)
Ding Junhui 4-2 Yu Delu (Match 16)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Second Round (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Ali Carter 3-4 Mark King (Match 21)
Anthony McGill 2-4 Marco Fu (Match 22)
Michael White 2-4 Ryan Day (Match 23)
Shaun Murphy 4-3 Ding Junhui (Match 24)

Thursday February 9
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Second Round (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Martin Gould 3-4 Joe Perry (Match 17)
Mark Allen 3-4 Liang Wenbo (Match 18)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 1-4 Neil Robertson (Match 19)
Barry Hawkins 4-1 Judd Trump (Match 20)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Joe Perry 3-4 Liang Wenbo (QF1)
Neil Robertson 2-4 Barry Hawkins (QF2)

Friday February 10
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 7 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Mark King 2-4 Marco Fu (QF3)
Ryan Day 4-2 Shaun Murphy (QF4)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Liang Wenbo 1-6 Barry Hawkins (SF1)

Saturday February 11
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Marco Fu 4-6 Ryan Day (SF2)

Sunday February 12
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Final (Best of 19 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Barry Hawkins 6-3 Ryan Day (Final, first session)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Final (Best of 19 frames)
TV Coverage: ITV4
Barry Hawkins 10-7 Ryan Day (Final, second session)