KYREN WILSON survived an epic comeback from Chris Wakelin to win the Champion of Champions final.
The Kettering potter was 9-3 up after ten frames but lost five on the spin as Wakelin attempted to .
, 34, had gone into the match having won his two previous tournaments – the North Ireland Open and the International Championship.
In the 18th frame, he managed to finally kill off the contest to take the trophy away from Wakelin.
And he did it in spectacular fashion with a brilliant clearance of 112 century break.
Wilson admitted he was left exhausted and drained after the contest in Leicester.
He told ITV: “I made hard work of that in the end, didn’t I? No, full respect to Chris, he really dug in there well.
“I played some good stuff and felt I killed the match in the first session.
“I’ve never felt so exhausted.
“I’m so drained. I felt so much pressure to get over the line.”
Wakelin insisted that he was happy for Wilson’s success even if it came at his expense.
The Rugby cuesman admitted that he was proud to have made a contest of the final after it looked like a thrashing was in store at one point.
He said: “Ten days ago I didn’t have a cue!
“I’m buzzing for him to have his family here, I don’t know if he was irritated by my little girl running around the players’ lounge!
“I forgot how to play snooker for a few frames this afternoon but I’m glad to have made a match out of it.”
Winning the final saw Wilson bank £150,000 while Wakelin had to settle for £60,000.
