Veteran Joe Perry claimed the biggest prize of his professional career as he beat Mark Williams to win the Players Championship on Saturday . After seeing off Stuart Bingham with ease in their Bangkok semi-final , Cambridge cueman Perry seemed to have run out of steam as he fell 3-0 down to final opponent Williams . With Williams an experienced final player and having beaten Judd Trump in the semis , there looked to be no way back for Perry as the two-time World Champion rattled in breaks of 64 , 57 and 103 . Joe Perry in action earlier this week at the Players Championship in Bangkok . Perry beat Mark Williams ( pictured ) 4-3 in the final on Saturday . But Perry found some resolve and after taking a scrappy frame to stay alive reeled off three breaks north of 50 to get over the line 4-3 and take a first ranking title at the age of 40 , as well as a winner 's cheque for £100,000 . Williams had earlier beaten World Grand Prix champion Trump 4-2 . He was never behind against the Englishman - who top-scored with a fine 102 - and got over the line with runs of 74 and 85 . Perry was also a comfortable last-four winner , keeping Bingham to one frame in a 4-1 victory . Perry top-scored with an opening-frame 86 and then reeled off three in a row after Bingham had levelled at 1-1 .
Mark Williams claims his biggest professional win at Players Championship . 40-year-old beat Joe Perry 4-3 in Bangkok final to claim £100k prize .