Early this morning, the Snooker Crown ended the last group day of contention, with Higgins winning back-to-back ding and O'Sullivan to advance to the semi-finals and face Yan Bingtao in the semi-finals, and Trump vs. Karen Wilson in the other semi-finals.
The end of the morning was the third group of matches, the first match of the first round, O'Sullivan won 4-2 against the 2015 World Championships and 2020 Masters champion Bingham, and neither of them broke the hundred. In the following match, Higgins defeated Ding Junhui for the second time in a month, this time 4-3, and the ball also did not break the hundred.
Selby spoke out for Ding Junhui and was very happy to see Ding Junhui come back to the competition, we owe him a lot, he is the reason why snooker has become so important in China and the Chinese season has become an important part of our calendar!!! Great players and great lads. In yesterday's game, Selby lost 3-6 to Yan Bingtao and missed the final four.
In the second round, higgins and O'Sullivan's conversation was staged again, and the two had met in the semi-finals of the English Open earlier this month, which was also the 74th meeting between the two in the 30 years they had turned professional. After the win, the pair's hand-to-hand stats became Higgins' 33 wins, 3 draws and 38 losses.
In this campaign, Higgins scored 86 points and 92 points in the first two sets, respectively, to lead 2-0. O'Sullivan scored a single 101 in the third set, and after Higgins won in the fourth set, he took a 3-1 lead. In the fifth inning, Higgins blasted out a single score of 127 points, a single score of 94 points in the sixth set, and a single score of 63 points in the seventh set, ending the game 6-1 to advance to the final four.
In the semi-finals, Higgins will play against Yan Bingtao. After Yan Bingtao advanced to the final four yesterday, he said he hoped to play O'Sullivan when looking forward to his opponents in the semi-finals. Higgins beat O'Sullivan twice in half a month, and the 46-year-old said after the game: "It was really my night, the fourth set was very exciting, we played three sets before, I managed to bring the score to 3-1, which is a big score. I played after half-time and didn't miss too many chances or give O'Sullivan too many chances. He missed some balls that normally he wouldn't have missed. It's great to win the game.
Speaking of semi-final opponent Yan Bingtao, Higgins believes that the 21-year-old Yan Bingtao is an outstanding talented player and an outstanding young champion. Yan Bingtao has won some major events. Higgins, however, said he was confident in the game and wanted to play a good game in Saturday's semi-finals. Higgins said he performed well, and after losing to Robertson in the England final, Higgins once questioned whether he could still win the title, to which Higgins responded this morning, probably a little too picky and harsh on himself. Deep down, I really want to know if I can win the championship on Sunday, and I hope to give myself another chance this Sunday.
Higgins, who won the title in 2016, is looking forward to winning the tournament for the second time this week. Higgins said winning the title felt fantastic. The players who play here are the best. If you can win an event like this, it will be a great honor for you.
Tonight there will be a battle between Trump and Karen Wilson, and the match between Yan Bingtao and Higgins will be played on the evening of the 20th. This is the tenth meeting between Yan Bingtao and Higgins, and in the previous nine meetings, Yan Bingtao has won four times, the most classic of which is the Masters final in January this year, when he defeated Higgins 10-8 to win the championship. The two have met twice this season in the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland tournament and the quarter-finals of the English Open, with Higgins winning 6-2 and 5-3 respectively. The semi-final format was 6 wins in 11 innings.