Mark Williams made snooker history by becoming the oldest ranking event winner after beating Shaun Murphy 10-3 in the Xi'an Grand Prix final.

At 50 years and 206 days, Williams surpasses Ray Reardon's record (50 years and 14 days) from 1982 with a dominant display to secure his 27th career ranking title and first in 18 months.

The Welshman also moves up to fourth in the rankings ahead of Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins, with the trio still among snooker's elite 33 years after joining the professional tour together.

Williams started the match strongly with a break of 75 to take an immediate lead then capitalised on missed opportunities for Murphy to storm into a 4-0 lead.

Although Murphy got a frame on the board, Williams won a long sixth which lasted 40 minutes as he established a 5

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