Tag: John Higgins
John Higgins will play home favourite Mark Allen in the Northern Ireland Open final after a commanding 6-2 victory over Yan Bingtao in Belfast. The four-time World champion avenged his 10-8 defeat by the Chinese ace in this year’s Masters final after reeling off six successive frames at the Waterfront Hall on Saturday. Higgins had […]
John Higgins will be aiming to avenge his Masters final defeat by Yan Bingtao when they clash in the last four of the Northern Ireland Open on Saturday. The Chinese ace claimed his first major title at snooker’s most prestigious invitational event in January after prevailing a 10-8 winner over the four-time World champion in […]
John Higgins looks to maintain his impressive record against an in-form David Gilbert as the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals take centre stage on Friday. Just eight players remain heading into day seven of the opening Home Nations event of this season at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Four-time World champion Higgins has now won 67 […]
John Higgins produced a magnificent turnaround from 3-0 down to stun Mark Williams 4-3 and advance to the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals in Belfast. Higgins had lost each of his four previous encounters with fellow Class of 92 member Williams, including an 18-16 the 2018 World Championship final. Another reverse was looming large for the […]
John Higgins and Mark Williams renew their rivalry as the Northern Ireland Open fourth round takes centre stage on Thursday. Just eight players will remain by the close of play on day six of the opening Home Nations event of this season. The pick of the last-16 ties sees two members of snooker’s ‘Class of […]
John Higgins produced a sensational maximum break on his way to victory over Alexander Ursenbacher in the opening round of the 2021 British Open in Leicester. Higgins, who won the most recent staging of the British Open in 2004, picked up from where he left off with a magnificent 147 at the Morningside Arena on […]
John Higgins launches his quest for a third Championship League title at the Morningside Arena in Leicester on Tuesday. The four-time World champion begins his 30th successive season on the main tour as he headlines Group 9. Higgins became the first player to win back-to-back Championship League titles; doing so in 2017 and 2018 after […]
John Higgins and Mark Williams commence their mouth-watering second-round showdown at the 2021 World Championship on Friday. The most enticing clash of round two gets underway at the Crucible between two members of the ‘Class of 92’, who boast a combined seven World crowns and 54 ranking titles. This will be the first time the […]
Kyren Wilson produced a tenacious fightback to overcome Gary Wilson 10-8 in the opening round of the World Championship on Monday. Last year’s beaten finalist, the Warrior’s quest to go the extra step at the Crucible this time around appeared in jeopardy as he fell 5-1 behind against his namesake. But the four-time ranking event […]