Higgins Makes Home Advantage Pay to Prevent Rocket From Firing at Full Power ; Snooker

Birmingham Post › October 08, 2009

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Defending Grand Prix champion John Higgins held his nerve to see off world No1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-4 in front of his home crowd in Glasgow.

The two giants were paired together in the unusual unseeded draw at the Kelvin Hall and O'Sullivan led 4-3, but missed a great chance to clinch the match in a nervous eighth frame. Higgins, though, showed no fear in the decider, producing a break of 94 to book a place in the quarter-finals.

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Higgins Makes Home Advantage Pay to Prevent Rocket From Firing at Full Power ; Snooker

O'Sullivan had opened up with a break of 131. However, ...

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