Tag: John Higgins
Two multiple Masters champions collide in a mouth-watering Quarter-Final on Friday as Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins renew their box office rivalry. A ‘Class of 92’ reunion sees two of the sport’s all-time greats collide for the 66th time as they enter their fourth different decade at the top level. The duo have appeared in […]
John Higgins will play Ronnie O’Sullivan in a mouth-watering Masters Quarter-Final after scraping past Mark Allen 6-5 in Milton Keynes on Wednesday. Despite breaks of 82, 84 and 80, the four-time World Champion surrendered 3-1 and 5-3 leads and was forced into a deciding frame by ‘The Pistol’ – who had a top break of […]
John Higgins ended an eight-year wait for a 147 break at the World Snooker Championship as he produced a magical maximum against Kurt Maflin on Thursday. No player had achieved the perfect frame on the sport’s greatest stage since Stephen Hendry in 2012, but Higgins emulated his fellow Scot with a memorable maximum in the […]
John Higgins launches his quest for a fifth World Snooker Championship title against two-time runner-up Matthew Stevens at the Crucible, while 2019 semi-finalist David Gilbert also enters the fray on Saturday. Four-time champion Higgins is appearing in the final stages of snooker’s blue-riband event for a 26th consecutive year, with only Steve Davis, Ronnie O’Sullivan […]
John Higgins has branded the table conditions at the Players Championship in Southport as “terrible” despite coming through his First Round match on Tuesday. Higgins defeated fellow Scotsman Graeme Dott 6-2 but did not hold back over his comments on the playing conditions in the arena in his post-match interview. The 44-year-old claimed the baulk […]