World Snooker Championship | Everyone takes the lead after a bad finish from Higgins – wins quartet of frames in a row

The four-time world champion did not want to waste much time in the second part of this triptych and won the ninth frame with a 75 break. Higgins looked like he was going to double his lead, but two mistakes made it happen The Pistol on move. The Northern Irishman had a nice clearance to level the score again.

Indeed, because until that moment none of the players had been able to create a lead of two frames. The eleventh part was also a tough spectacle, in which after a very long frame Higgins’ experience was decisive.

In the final chapter before the mid session Interval, which was highly anticipated by both players, Higgins seemed to be off to a good start. After things went wrong, there was a great opportunity for Allen to equalize again.

However, the Northern Irishman did not play positively enough and saw another important frame go to his Scottish opponent. Yes, for the first time in this match there was a difference of two. The first four frames had taken the two more than two hours, would the end of this session be reached before the start of the evening session?

In the end, this was a narrow success, although Higgins would probably have preferred to see it differently. The longer the session lasted, the further his level dropped. It is something that happens to the 48-year-old more often in long matches, which suggests that the years are starting to count.

Higgins’ lead of 7-5 turned out to be worthless, if only because he is now looking at a margin of two frames behind. Indeed, Allen won four frames in a row and it went faster too. This is simply because the opponent that Higgins raised became fewer and fewer.

Even by inappropriate encouragement, Allen was no longer distracted. The spectator in question was removed from the audience, while further distancing himself from Higgins. The two shook hands at a score of 9-7.

David Gilbert -Robert Milkins (16) | 13-4
Stephen Maguire – Shaun Murphy (8) | 13-9

Kyren Wilson (12) – Joe O’Connor | 6-2
John Higgins (13) – Mark Allen (4) | 7-9

Judd Trump (3) -Tom Ford (14) | 13-7
Jack Jones -Si Jiahui | 13-9

Jack Lisowski – Stuart Bingham | 7-9
Ryan Day – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2) | 3-5

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