JOHN HIGGINS won five frames in a row to beat Mark Selby 10-8 in the Tour Championship final for what he described as the best win of his long career.

Selby had earlier won seven frames in succession to move within two of victory, but Higgins dug in and restricted his opponent to just 18 points in the final five frames.

“It is my best ever win,” said Higgins, who ended a four-year wait for a ranking title at last month’s World Open in China.