Mark Allen won a battle of attrition against Zhang Anda to claim the Players Championship for the second time.
Allen, who won the tournament in 2016, prevailed 10-8 in Telford in a tussle that lasted more than seven hours.
"It was tough all day," Allen told ITV4. "My safety kept me in the match, but it wasn't a lot of fun to be involved in.
"I’ve won five [ranking titles] in the last couple of years. I want to keep doing that and if I can get to 20 or 30 at the end of my career, I would have done all right."
Allen secured his spot in the final with a 6-3 victory over Ali Carter, while Zhang held his nerve in a last-frame decider against Mark Selby in their semi-final clash.
Despite Zhang’s domination in the opening frames, the Antrim man managed to claw his way back into the match to level at 4-4 going into the evening session.
Allen managed to gain momentum, winning three frames in succession to claim a 8-6 lead, and eventually sealed victory as the clock ticked towards midnight on Sunday.
The 38-year-old picked up where he left off after fighting back in the afternoon.
Allen took the lead for the first time in the match at 5-4, but Zhang instantly responded and a break of 64 in the 11th frame gave him a 6-5 advantage.
Zhang was pegged back again as Allen made a 64 break and a missed pink cost him dear in the next.
The see-saw nature of the contest continued as Zhang fought back to take the 15th frame and Allen showed his strength again in the 16th before a marathon 17th.
The frame took 37 minutes before Zhang, who had chances to sew it up some time before he did, eventually potted the pink off a cushion.
Allen wore Zhang down in the next as breaks of 40 and 24 proved decisive, with the Chinese player failing to score a single point in what proved to be the finale.
