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01/18 16:47 CST Kyren Wilson beats 50-year-old John Higgins to win Masters
snooker tournament
Kyren Wilson beats 50-year-old John Higgins to win Masters snooker tournament
LONDON (AP) --- Kyren Wilson won the Masters snooker tournament on Sunday,
beating John Higgins 10-6 at London's Alexandra Palace to deny the 50-year-old
Scot a third title at the prestigious event.
Higgins, a four-time world champion, was the oldest player to ever reach one of
snooker's three so-called "Triple Crown" events --- the Masters, the U.K.
Championship and the world championship.
However, Higgins couldn't produce the level of performance he did in beating
world champion Zhao Xintong in the quarterfinals and world No. 1 Judd Trump in
the semifinals, and failed to back up his Masters titles in 1999 and 2006.
Wilson was playing in his third Masters final --- the Englishman lost to Mark
Allen in 2018 and Shaun Murphy last year --- and led 5-3 after the afternoon
session.
Higgins reduced the gap to 6-5 but Wilson powered to the victory target to
finish off what he described as a "dogfight."
"It was an absolute honor to share the table not with just a legend but an idol
of mine," said Wilson, who was the world champion in 2024.
Higgins said he was "just useless" in the final.
"Take no credit away --- Kyren was by far the better player," Higgins said.
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