Tag: John Higgins
Kyren Wilson launches his quest to go one step better at the World Snooker Championship on day three at the Crucible Theatre. Six more players enter the fray on Monday, while two more matches play to a conclusion and by the close of play, eight of the second-round participants will be confirmed. World number six […]
Former World Champion John Parrott is backing John Higgins to land a fifth Crucible title in Sheffield this year. Snooker’s blue-riband event is on the horizon with 32 players competing for the ultimate prize in the sport. Four-time champion Higgins is a man who knows what it takes to produce the goods on the biggest […]
John Higgins ended a three-year wait for a ranking title at the 2021 Players Championship with a 10-3 rout of Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final. Higgins capped off a prolific string of performances in Milton Keynes by thrashing his ‘Class of 92’ rival to seal his 31st career ranking title and a first since the […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan is through to his record-equalling 57th ranking event final after overcoming Barry Hawkins 6-4 to reach the Players Championship showpiece in Milton Keynes. The Rocket endured a slow start at the Marshall Arena on Friday; registering a top break of just 27 as he fell 3-1 behind at the interval. However, the six-time […]
John Higgins has been withdrawn from the 2021 German Masters after testing positive for Covid-19. Higgins, who recently finished runner-up in The Masters, has returned a positive test result upon his return to the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The Scotsman was due to take on Stuart Carrington in the Last 32 of the world […]
John Higgins aims to secure his third Masters title at the expense of debutant Yan Bingtao when the pair face off in the final of the 2021 Masters on Sunday. Youth and experience collide as 20-year-old emerging star Yan faces Scottish stalwart Higgins for the right to claim snooker’s most prestigious invitational silverware. Higgins is […]
John Higgins will face Yan Bingtao in the final of The 2021 Masters after the pair overcame David Gilbert and Stuart Bingham in Saturday’s Semi-Finals. Yan, 20, continued his dream debut in the sport’s most prestigious invitational tournament by ending the reign of defending champion Bingham in a last-frame decider. Having already seen off Neil […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan believes John Higgins is “too good a player” not to be picking up titles and is backing his rival to claim a third Masters crown following their epic Quarter-Final clash. O’Sullivan was beaten 6-3 by Scottish stalwart Higgins in a thrilling encounter which featured a record-equalling five consecutive centuries. Having only missed a […]
John Higgins booked his place in The Masters Semi-Finals after beating Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-3 in an epic showdown in Milton Keynes on Friday. The 64th meeting between two of snooker’s all-time greats – and fourth in the history of this competition – produced five consecutive centuries, and a further two breaks over 50. Three of […]