Gibraltar Open 2022 - Robert Milkins shrugs off Turkish Masters nightmare to beat Kyren Wilson for first career title

In a season of surprises, Robert Milkins added his name to the rollcall of winners when beating Kyren Wilson 4-2 to win the final of the Gibraltar Open. Milkins’ previous claim to fame in an awful season was turning up drunk at the Turkish Masters, having a row with guests and being taken to hospital to have his stomach pumped.

Ad/> He apologised for his actions earlier this month, and in his first outing since he found form from nowhere to stun Wilson — adding his name to breakthrough wins for the likes of David Gilbert, Zhao Xintong, Luca Brecel, Hossein Vafaei and Fan Zhengyi. Gibraltar Open'I don’t know where it has come from' — Milkins stunned by Gibraltar Open final win29 MINUTES AGO Milkins may also be receiving a message of thanks from John Higgins, who earlier in the day was confirmed as the European Series winner, as his win means the Scot and not Wilson will take the final spot at next week’s Tour Championship.

At 46, it is late in the day to be making the breakthrough — but Milkins has always possessed a stack of talent and may now realise the potential. Wilson started impressively with a run of 59, but he rattled a black in the jaws of the left corner and Milkins stepped in with a nerve-settling break of 71 to steal the opening frame of his first ranking tournament final.

Bingham wraps up win with maximum 147 Wild fluke helps Jimmy White take frame While the opener was a tale of two good breaks, the second was a scrappy affair which boiled down to a safety battle on the yellow. Wilson won that battle, but left the yellow in the jaws of the green pocket when attempting to hold for the green and Milkins knocked in the colours he needed to open up a two-frame lead.