NEW Saga Insurance Masters champion Mark Selby believes winning his first major title will earn him deserved respect from his rivals.

But, perhaps more tellingly, he has proven to himself he has the ability and self-belief to win many more tournaments.

Selby fought back from 3-2 down to beat Wiltshire cueman Stephen Lee 10-3 at Wembley Arena, reeling off eight frames on the spin to land a welcome winners' cheque of £150,000.

And with his break of 141 in the deciding frame, he also claimed an additional £5,000 for sharing the highest break prize with Irishman Ken Doherty.

My rivals will respect me a lot more now for winning this title, but the likes of Ronnie (O'Sullivan) and (Stephen) Hendry have their own self-belief, they know how good they are,'' said Selby.

It's not a message to them, it's more a message to me. I've proven I can win tournaments.

All I've ever wanted to do as a young child is win tournaments, that's what I've wanted since I started playing the game.

I know it's one of the best tournaments in the world to win, it's just a shame it wasn't a ranking tournament.'' Selby's success also saw him re-write the record books as he became the first Masters debutant to win the tournament for 19 years. Only John Spencer (1975), Doug Mountjoy (1977), Terry Griffiths (1980) and Stephen Hendry (1989) had previously won the event at the first attempt.