# Wilson beats Higgins to win International Championship

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/wilson-beats-higgins-to-win-international-championship/
- Published: 2026-11-07T16:58:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T17:35:45+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c54g1n39g30zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Asia, Sport, World

## Key points

- Wilson beat Higgins 10–8 in China.
- The win was Wilson’s 12th ranking title.
- Higgins had hoped to become the oldest ranking event winner.

## Summary

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.

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