Kyren Wilson made it three tournament wins on the bounce with a 10-8 victory over Chris Wakelin in the final of the Champion of Champions in Leicester.
It was another proud moment for Wilson who, in picking up a first prize of £150,000, continued his golden run which began at the Northern Ireland Open last month and was followed by another major success at the International Championship in China only last week.
Despite such a heavy workload, Wilson shows no signs of slowing down and the 34-year-old had numbered Ali Carter, Zhao Xintong and Shaun Murphy among his victims already this week, before resisting a terrific fightback from Wakelin in the evening session of Sunday's final.
It appeared the 2024 world champion had one hand on the trophy after a dazzling display in the afternoon session, racing into a 4-0 lead thanks to breaks of 135, 87 and 115.
Though Wakelin rallied well to close the gap to 4-3, Wilson remained deadly when let loose in the balls and he won the next two frames with runs of 72 and 107 to finish the session with a three-frame cushion.
One of the best final starts in snooker history... 30 minutes in, the Warrior swarms in with a 3-0 lead! 🤯@sportsbetio #ChampOfChamps pic.twitter.com/jJb1vcT035
— Champion Of Champions (@ChampOfChamps) November 15, 2026
The evening session didn't prove anything like as straightforward, despite Wilson winning the first three frames of it to move 9-3 clear and put himself within a single frame of his first Champion of Champions title.
Wakelin still had one final hand to play, battling hard to win two frames back and then unleashing breaks of 131, 57 and 50 to suddenly reduce his arrears to 9-8.
With Wilson now looking nervy, both players had chances in frame 18, but Wilson took his and sealed the deal with a trademark century, his fourth of the day, to finally end Wakelin's brave resistance.
