Neil Robertson held his nerve to fend off a scintillating Ronnie O'Sullivan fightback and win the final of the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters 10-9.
After O'Sullivan's two maximums in Friday's semi-final, the final itself had threatened to become something of a damp squib when Robertson took seven of the opening nine frames.
O'Sullivan though had other ideas, taking seven of the next eight to move into the lead, only for a Robertson century to send the match the distance.
O'Sullivan looked like he might complete a remarkable turnaround when ahead in the decider, but as in the previous frame fortune was not on his side when attempting to split the reds.
On both occasions Robertson stepped in with a counter-punch, the key pot in frame 19 a precise final red down the length of the table to the green pocket which set the stage for a gutsy clearance.
