Mark Selby claimed his first British Open title by beating fellow four-time world champion John Higgins in Sunday’s closing.
The world quantity 5 clinched a 10-5 victory in Cheltenham in his first main closing since dropping to Mark Williams finally 12 months’s British Open.
It’s the 41-year-old’s first rating title since successful the WST Basic in March 2023 and the twenty third of the Englishman’s profession.
He lifted the Clive Everton Trophy within the week that snooker misplaced the famend broadcaster and journalist, who died on the age of 87.
The British Open trophy was named in Everton’s honour in 2022, in recognition of his contribution to the game.
Higgins, 49, was taking part in in his first rating occasion closing since April 2022 and can climb again as much as 14th on the earth – only a week after the Scot dropped out of the world’s prime 16 for the primary time since 1995.
Selby led 5-3 after a high-quality opening session, with a break of no less than 60 in all eight frames, together with three centuries.
Selby went right into a 4-2 lead by reeling off three straight frames, together with a 137 break.
Higgins made 105 to tug one again, however Selby replied with a 135 to finish the session on prime.
The primary body of the night went to Higgins, reducing his deficit to only one, however Selby captured 5 of the following six to tie up victory, making runs of 91 and 93 within the final two to complete in model.