Stephen Bunting beat fellow Englishman Rob Cross 8-4 within the last of the Nordic Masters in Denmark to assert his second World Sequence title of the yr.
In a race to eight legs, the 2 have been tied at 3-3 on the break earlier than Bunting hit double prime and broke the throw after Cross did not take out 40 within the seventh leg.
Bunting produced a 104 end to go 5-3 up and continued his run to 5 straight legs to maneuver 4 clear at 7-3 and one away from victory in opposition to a struggling Cross.
Bunting missed bull as he almost completed with a 170 however he secured victory by cleansing up the remaining 25 on his subsequent go to.
“The way in which I have been taking part in, I used to be questioning if I used to be going to win one other title once more,” Bunting, who gained the Bahrain Masters in January, instructed ITV.
“My doubles have been atrocious over the past couple of months. It is one thing I must work on.
“However, if you win titles like this in opposition to the calibre of gamers that I am taking part in week-in week-out, it means an terrible lot.”
Luke Littler and Luke Humphries had each been knocked out within the quarter-finals.
World champion Littler suffered a 6-3 loss to Nathan Aspinall, who was overwhelmed 7-5 by Bunting within the semi-finals.
Defending champion Gerwyn Value gained 6-3 to finish the problem of world primary Humphries however the Welshman misplaced 7-4 to Cross within the final 4.
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