LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Scotland's John Higgins beat Judd Trump of England 18-15 on Monday to win the world snooker championship for the fourth time.
Higgins held off the exuberant 21-year-old Trump, who lit up the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with brilliant potting in his bid to become the youngest world champion
since Stephen Hendry in 1990.
Trump led 10-7 overnight but Higgins won six frames in the afternoon to edge 13-12 ahead and he remained in control of the match in the evening session to clinch the title.
The 35-year-old Higgins, world champion in 1998, 2007 and 2009, returned to the sport in November after serving a six-month suspension for bringing the game into disrepute.
Higgins held off the exuberant 21-year-old Trump, who lit up the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with brilliant potting in his bid to become the youngest world champion
since Stephen Hendry in 1990.
Trump led 10-7 overnight but Higgins won six frames in the afternoon to edge 13-12 ahead and he remained in control of the match in the evening session to clinch the title.
The 35-year-old Higgins, world champion in 1998, 2007 and 2009, returned to the sport in November after serving a six-month suspension for bringing the game into disrepute.
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