On September 16, 2018 Ronnie became the first player to defend the Shanghai Masters title, as well as the first player to win it three times. He also became the first snooker player to pass the £10 000 000 mark in prize money

Here is how the tournament unfolded for Ronnie:

Here are the images taken en route to the title and during the trophy ceremony.

Big thanks to Tai Chengzhe who very friendly provided most of them! 

Berfore the tournament proper Ronnie and Mark Williams provided some coaching to Chinese amateur players.

here is the video…