Wilson beats Higgins to win International Championship

Kyren Wilson claims the 12th ranking title of his career by beating John Higgins 10-8 in the International Championship final in China. Kyren Wilson claimed the 12th ranking title of his career by beating John Higgins 10-8 in a hard-fought International Championship final in China. The 51-year-old Higgins, who was aiming to become snooker's oldest ranking event winner, took a 2-1 lead with a 141 break in the third frame. Wilson, coming off winning the Northern Ireland Open two weeks ago, knocked in a 94 as he moved 4-3 up but four-time world champion Higgins made runs of 71 and 75 to lead 5-4 after the afternoon session.

The pair shared the opening four frames of the evening session before Wilson took three frames in a row with breaks of 80, 52 and 101 to take a 9-7 lead. Higgins, who was beaten by world champion Wu Yize in last year's final, reduced the deficit to 9-8 but a 61 from 2024 world champion Wilson in the 18th frame gave him victory.