‘The best week I’ve had’ – John Higgins routs Ronnie O’Sullivan in Milton Keynes

It earned Higgins his first ranking title in three years and made him the oldest winner since Doug Mountjoy in 1989

John Higgins beat Ronnie O’Sullivan to win the Players’ Championship in Milton Keynes. Picture: Adam Davy/PA

John Higgins hailed the best week of his snooker life after demolishing Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-3 to win the Players’ Championship title in Milton Keynes.

Higgins’ win – which he wrapped up with a 127 clearance to black in the final frame – completed a remarkably dominant week for the 45-year-old Scot in which he dropped just four frames in four matches.