Indian Open 2016: Maiden title for Anthony McGill

Recognised for several seasons as one of snooker's rising stars, McGill has now captured his first piece of silverware after a series of superb performances, winning seven matches during the tournament to land the £50,000 top prize.

He started the event 29th in the world rankings and now climbs to a career high of 18th.

The 25-year-old from Glasgow beat the likes of Stuart Bingham, Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy to reach the final before seeing off Kettering's Wilson, who was appearing in his second ranking final having won last season's Shanghai Masters.

Today's contest showcased snooker's finest young talent as it was the first ranking final between two players age 25 or under since the 2011 UK Championship when Judd Trump beat Mark Allen.

McGill's previous finest hour was a run to the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Championship when he knocked out Maguire and Mark Selby at the Crucible, proving his ability to compete on the biggest stage. He struggled to reproduce that form last season, though he did make the last 16 again in Sheffield. This week he went beyond the last eight of a ranking event for the first time and ended up lifting the trophy - surely the first of many.

The first four frames of the final were shared, Wilson making the better breaks with 65 in the second and a 50 clearance in the fourth. McGill then took control after the interval as a run of 96 put him ahead and he controlled the sixth frame to lead 4-2.

Both players had chances in the 39-minute seventh frame and it came down to the last red. McGill potted the red to a centre pocket to initiate a match-winning clearance which included an excellent green to gain position on the brown.

Victory for the Scot also earned him a place in the Champion of Champions tournament in Coventry in November.

Wilson earned £25,000 and moves up one place on the ranking list to 15th.

Earlier in the semi-finals, McGill came from 2-0 down to beat Shaun Murphy 4-2, clinching victory with a superb 64 clearance in frame six. Wilson saw off veteran Nigel Bond 4-1 with a top break of 72. 

Indian Open 2016 Daily Results

Tuesday July 5
First-round games (best of seven frames)
Akani Songsermsawad 4-1 Jamie Burnett
Martin O'Donnell 3-4 Kyren Wilson
James Wattana 3-4 Jamie Jones
Allan Taylor 0-4 Martin Gould
Liam Highfield 3-4 Duane Jones
Robbie Williams (w/o) v Luca Brecel
Michael Georgiou 4-2 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Graeme Dott 1-4 Oliver Lines
Joe Swail 4-2 Jimmy White
Mark King 1-4 Rory McLeod
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Mark Joyce
Steven Hallworth 3-4 Stuart Bingham

Wednesday July 6
First-round games (best of seven frames)
Mark Davis 4-3 Robin Hull
Ishpreet Chadha 2-4 Dominic Dale
Nigel Bond 4-1 Ricky Walden
David Lilley 4-2 Mike Dunn
Zhao Xintong 1-4 Gary Wilson
Sam Baird 4-3 Jack Lisowski
Zhang Yong 1-4 Mark Williams
Pankaj Advani 4-0 Elliot Slessor
Anthony Hamilton 4-3 Eden Sharav
John J Astley 4-3 Ryan Day
Shaun Murphy 4-1 Daniel Wells
David Grace 2-4 Matthew Selt
Jimmy Robertson 3-4 Xiao Guodong
Peter Ebdon 4-1 Zhou Yuelong
Barry Hawkins 4-0 Ashley Hugill
Oliver Brown 1-4 Anthony McGill
Dilip Kumar 0-4 Marco Fu
Andrew Higginson 4-1 Mitchell Mann
Stuart Carrington 1-4 Robert Milkins
Stephen Maguire 4-0 Alfie Burden

Thursday July 7
Second-round games (Best of seven frames)
Anthony Hamilton 2-4 Gary Wilson
Mark Davis 2-4 Akani Songsermsawad
Xiao Guodong 3-4 Kyren Wilson
Jamie Jones 2-4 Martin Gould
Marco Fu 0-4 Dominic Dale
Duane Jones 1-4 Peter Ebdon
Robbie Williams 2-4 John J Astley
Sam Baird 2-4 Nigel Bond
Shaun Murphy 4-3 Michael Georgiou
Oliver Lines 4-2 Andrew Higginson
Joe Swail 1-4 Robert Milkins
David Lilley 4-3 Mark Williams
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Rory McLeod
Stephen Maguire 4-3 Pankaj Advani
Anthony McGill 4-2 Matthew Selt
Matthew Stevens 3-4 Stuart Bingham

Friday July 8
Third-round games (Best of seven frames)
Gary Wilson 2-4 Akani Songsermsawad
Kyren Wilson 4-2 Martin Gould
Dominic Dale 1-4 Peter Ebdon
John J Astley 2-4 Nigel Bond
Shaun Murphy 4-2 Oliver Lines
Robert Milkins 2-4 David Lilley
Barry Hawkins 3-4 Stephen Maguire
Anthony McGill 4-0 Stuart Bingham

Quarter-Finals (Best of seven frames)
Akani Songsermsawad 2-4 Kyren Wilson
Peter Ebdon 3-4 Nigel Bond
Shaun Murphy 4-2 David Lilley
Stephen Maguire 1-4 Anthony McGill

Saturday July 9
Semi-Finals (Best of seven frames)
Kyren Wilson 4-1 Nigel Bond
Shaun Murphy 2-4 Anthony McGill

Final (Best of nine frames)
Kyren Wilson 2-5 Anthony McGill