John Higgins ends title drought by retaining Championship League snooker crown against Judd Trump – 'It feels amazing'

John Higgins completed a 3-1 win over Judd Trump in the Championship League final on Thursday to defend the invitational title and end a 13-month wait for a tournament victory in Leicester. The Scotsman emulated his 3-2 win over Stuart Bingham in the same event last February by firing seven centuries over two days in a deserved victory at the city's Morningside Arena.

Ad It is his fourth Championship League title triumph since 2017. SnookerWatch Robertson produce magic as Trump leads final Championship League groupYESTERDAY AT 22:42 “It feels amazing," said Higgins after securing his 50th career title.

«I played really well the last couple of days although it wasn’t looking good after losing my first match against Wilson 3-0 then 2-0 down to Stuart Bingham then if Stuart doesn’t go for a maximum, I think he was on 56, I’d have lost my first two matches 3-0 and 3-0.» «There was no way I was coming back from that, luckily enough I managed to scrape that result then I began to play well. I was delighted with the way I hit the ball.” Higgins watched European Masters winner Kyren Wilson move 2-0 clear in the semi-finals with breaks of 137 and 85 before reeling off three straight frames to book his spot in the final with knocks of 86, 61 and 66.

The four-time world champion produced breaks of 62 and 78 in the final with Trump restoring parity at 1-1 courtesy of a 100 break, the 899th century of his career, in the second frame before Higgins dominated the fourth frame to seal his success. The win secures the world No.