 Complete the following phrase:  Holt almost delivered on this statement straight away as he reached the final of the Riga Masters, the first ranking event of the 201617 season. He got past reigning world champion Mark Selby 41 and then beat Ian Burns and Stuart Bingham both 43 and Anthony McGill 40.ref name201617ref His semi-final with Mark Williams was decided on the final brown in a deciding frame. In Holts first ranking event final he took a slender 21 lead over Neil Robertson, but was defeated 52. Holt beat Ronnie OSullivan for the second time in a row when he knocked him out 52 in the second round of the Shanghai Masters. He had a chance to force a deciding frame in the quarter-finals against Ding Junhui but a missed black off the spot saw him lose 53. Another win over OSullivan came in the third round of the 