Rising star Judd Trump held his nerve to win the China Open, his first ranking title, with a 10-8 victory against fellow Englishman Mark Selby.
The 21-year-old from Bristol established a 5-3 lead overnight in Beijing but was put under pressure as Selby, the world No4, rallied with some fine potting.
At 8-8, the more experienced Selby looked favourite to prevail, but Trump, ranked 25, stayed cool in the final frames to clinch the title.
Trump first caught the eye in 2004 when, aged 14 years and 208 days, he became the youngest player to make a competitive maximum 147 break. He has made steady progress since and impressed in this tournament when he beat Shaun Murphy 6-1 in the semi-finals.
When the final resumed, he started with a break of 68 to take the ninth frame and go 6-3 ahead.
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Selby, winner of the Welsh Open in 2008, responded with a 132 in the next frame and took advantage of misses by his opponent in the 11th frame to take it 66-0.
Trump stepped up with a nine-minute break of 113 to go 7-5 ahead, but Selby produced a 134 clearance to take frame 13.
The next frame, a cagey affair with both players wary of making a mistake, went the youngster's way and at 8-6 he could see the finishing line.
Selby dug deep with a 124 break, the sixth ton of the final, then turned the screw by taking advantage of a foul from Trump to level the match at 8-8.
That turned out to be the end of the fightback. Trump, who was never behind in the final, edged the 17th frame 60-49 and wrapped up the title after Selby missed a key brown.