Snooker LIVE: Xintong beats Higgins to win £150k Players Champs final | Other | Sport


Welcome to Express Sport’s LIVE coverage of the Players Championship after a weekend of thrilling action that ended with Zhao Xinton beating John Higgins in Telford.

The world champion took control of the final at 7-6 down and won four straight frames to clinch his second straight ranking title. He is now just the fourth player to win all of his first five ranking finals, after Steve Davis, Mark Williams and Neil Robertson.

Zhao will receive £150,000 in prize money, with Higgins leaving empty handed after being prevented becoming the oldest winner of a ranking event at the age of 50.

Express Sport will be on hand to provide all of the reaction from the final…

To stay across all of it, keep your eyes on this page for live updates throughout the day…



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