Tag: John Higgins
John Higgins and Luca Brecel go head to head on Saturday for the right to face Neil Robertson in the Tour Championship final. The second of the last-four clashes in Llandudno is a repeat of the Scottish Open final at Venue Cymru last December, which Brecel won 9-5. That was the Belgian’s first ever victory […]
John Higgins pulled off a gutsy fightback from 8-4 down to edge out Zhao Xintong 10-9 in the opening match of the 2022 Tour Championship in Llandudno. Just days after scooping the £150,000 BetVictor Series bonus despite not competing in the Gibraltar Open, Higgins’ fine fortune continued as he avoided an early exit in the […]
John Higgins resumes his quest for a sixth Welsh Open title with a tricky second-round clash against Ali Carter on Wednesday. It is a crossover day at Celtic Manor Resort, where there is plenty of action with the first round concluding and second commencing. Arguably, the pick of the ties sees Higgins lock horns with […]
John Higgins resumes his quest for a second successive Players Championship title against Jimmy Robertson in the quarter-finals on Friday. The Wizard stormed to victory in emphatic fashion 12 months ago; dropping just four frames overall as Jordan Brown, Mark Selby, Kyren Wilson and Ronnie O’Sullivan were all ruthlessly put to the sword. Higgins made […]
John Higgins became the joint-most successful player in Championship League history after beating Stuart Bingham 3-2 to claim the 2022 title on Friday. The Wizard completed a hat-trick of titles at the Morningside Arena in Leicester – adding to his triumphs in 2017 and 2018 – while joining Judd Trump on three successes in the […]
John Higgins begins his latest quest to complete a hat-trick of Masters titles against debutant Zhao Xintong at Alexandra Palace on Monday. Winner of snooker’s most prestigious invitational event in 1998 and 2006, the Wizard came within two frames of doing so 12 months ago, narrowly losing 10-8 to Yan Bingtao in the final. Higgins […]
John Higgins bowed out in the opening round of the World Grand Prix following a 4-2 defeat by Tom Ford in Coventry on Tuesday. The four-time World champion arrived at the Coventry Building Society Arena fresh from reaching the Scottish Open showpiece, which he lost 9-5 to an inspired Luca Brecel. That marked the Wizard’s […]
John Higgins will play Luca Brecel in the 2021 Scottish Open final following a 6-1 demolition of Ronnie O’Sullivan in Llandudno. The four-time World champion emphatically booked a place in the 54th ranking event final of his glittering career at Venue Cymru on Saturday. Higgins had overcome O’Sullivan in four of the five editions of […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins renew their box office rivalry in the Semi-Finals of the 2021 Scottish Open on Saturday. The third televised meeting between the two ‘Class of 92’ stars in the space of a month sees O’Sullivan bidding to avenge back-to-back defeats at the hands of the Scot. Both players are vying to […]