Wilson beats Higgins to win International Championship

Kyren Wilson beat John Higgins 10–8 to win the International Championship in China, securing the 12th ranking title of his career. The hard-fought victory adds to Wilson’s recent Northern Ireland Open win and his 2024 World Championship title.

Higgins, 51, was aiming to become the oldest winner of a ranking event and led 5–4 after the afternoon session, having made a 141 break. Wilson took three consecutive frames in the evening with breaks of 80, 52 and 101 to go 9–7 ahead; Higgins won the next, but Wilson sealed the match with a 61 break in frame 18.