Snooker The China Open Final result
Peter Ebdon 10-8 John Higgins
Peter Ebdon is the 2009 China Open champion. This is Ebdon’s eighth world ranking event win. In the process, he collects a cheque for £52,000.
This is his first win since lifting the 2006 UK Championship.
Ebdon is an unexpected winner of this event as he was provisionally number 17 on the world-ranking list. He now gets back in the top 16 ahead of this years World Championship in Sheffield which starts in a few weeks.
Ebdon secured a slight lead after the afternoon session at 5-4. Higgins may feel a bit disappointed as a few frames could of been his as some went down to the last few colours.
However, both players played well and must take some confidence from the match into the crucible in Sheffield.
That quickly changed to 6-5 when Ebdon took frame one tonight with two breaks over 50.
Higgins then levelled at 6-6.
Ebdon took a 7-6 lead after a scrappy frame. The next few frames were shared and Ebdon won the last frame 17 with a calm break of 71.
Highest breaks:
Ebdon 84, 108, 54, 52, 57, 32, 40, 52, 71
Higgins 60, 56, 140, 62, 43, 51
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