On resumption of the match, O'Brien made a break of 49 after Hunter missed a red ball in the centre, but a 52 clearance completed on the black ball by Hunter won him the ninth frame. O'Brien took frame 10 before Hunter won the next three frames to draw within a frame of his opponent; Hunter made clearances of 129 and 133 in frames 12 and 13. A break of 88 in frame 14 allowed O'Brien to restore a two-frame lead at 8–6. Hunter won the next three frames without reply to lead for the first time at 9–8; he equalled White made his highest clearance of 136 in frame 16 and made a 132 clearance in frame 17. In the 18th frame, O'Brien came from 44 points behind to force a final frame decider on a clearance from the last red up to the pink. Hunter fouled twice in attempting to escape from , allowing O'Brien to nominate the green as his , before missing the blue ball. Hunter made a clearance from the brown to the pink to win the 46-minute frame 77–44 and the match 10–9.