Mark Allen beat Luca Brecel to win the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship and declare his first title of the season.
Northern Eire’s Allen beat defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-2 within the semi-final earlier than outplaying Belgium’s Brecel within the ultimate afterward Friday in a 5-1 victory.
“I used to be very nervous in the previous couple of balls. I’m pleased to recover from the road,” Allen stated.
“You’re by no means there till you are there. I performed some good things all week.”
Brecel, the 2022 world champion who beat Mark Williams 4-2 in his semi-final, gained the opening body of the ultimate however Allen levelled with a 104 clearance.
A break of 109 within the fourth put Allen 3-1 up and he took the subsequent two after the interval to win and take the £250,000 prize pot.