John Higgins (Scotland) won the 2010 totesport.com Welsh Open.The final against defending champion Allister Carter (England) was an impressive display of scoring power. He made breaks of 137, 101, 95, 81, 76, 72 (twice), 71, 59 and 54 in the 9-4 win.
The Scot received £35,000 for the victory and runner-up Carter got £17,500.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) and Stephen Maguire (Scotland) lost out in the semifinals.
Higgins also had the highest break of the event, a 138 which earned him £2,000.
This was the second Welsh Open title for Higgins and his 21st ranking title. He also won the event in 2000.
The win strengthens Higgins' lead in the provisional rankings. The next two also remain the same, with O'Sullivan in second and Neil Robertson (Australia) in third.
The event took place at the Newport Center, Newport, Wales 25-31 January, 2010. Next up on the snooker calendar is the Sanyuan Foods China Open which starts 29 March 2010.
See also:
- Welsh Open 2010 (World Snooker)
- John Higgins beats Ali Carter to lift Welsh Open title (BBC)
- Higgins claims Welsh title (Eurosport)
- Welsh Open Glory for John Higgins (Sporting Life)
- 2010 Welsh Open (Global Snooker)
- 2010 Welsh Open (Wikipedia)
- Classy Higgins Captures Welsh Open Title (Pro Snooker Blog)
- John Higgins: Simply the Best (Snooker Scene Blog)
- SnookerManager: Welsh Open 2010
- Welsh Open (Wikipedia)
- John Higgins (Wikipedia)
- Stephen Lee wins Welsh crown (2006 Welsh Open)
- Neil Robertson wins Welsh Open (2007 Welsh Open)
- Mark Selby wins Welsh Open after impressive comeback (2008 Welsh Open)
- Allister Carter bags first ranking win in the 2009 Welsh Open (2009 Welsh Open)
- O'Sullivan pockets 2009 Shanghai Masters (2009 Main Tour)
- It's four from four as Robertson nicks 2009 Grand Prix (2009 Main Tour)
- Ding Junhui captures 2009 UK Championship (2009 Main Tour)
- John Higgins captures Grand Prix (2009 Main Tour)
- Selby takes 2010 Masters with impressive comeback (2009 Main Tour)
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