The International Championship proper was played in Daqing, China, from Sunday 23 October to Sunday 30 October and was won by Mark Selby who beat Ding Junhui by a severe 10-1 in the final. Once again it was Judd who got the best result among the Grove players: he reached the semi finals where he lost by 9-4 to Ding Junhui. Neil lost in the last 16, Li Hang in the last 32, Luca Brecel and Oliver Lines – who had to play Neil – in the last 64.

Judd had played extremely well to reach the semi finals and what he has done over the last month should not be underestimated: a tournament win, a tournament final and a tournament semi-final. It’s impossible to sustain such high level all the time, every player has a bad day now and then, and, for Judd, this came in the semi-finals in Daqing. The day before he had played what was probably the best match of the tournament: he beat Shaun Murphy in the quarter finals, by 6-5, in a very high quality match that lasted over three hours.
The decider was a thrilling affair:

All detailed results are in Cuetracker as usual.