In the early morning of February 24, Beijing time, the second round of the snooker European Masters main tournament broke out a big cold, and Higgins was swept by Tomford with a score of 0-5 by the General Bureau! After Selby, another 4th World Championship winner was out early in this tournament.
In the first round of the previous main tournament, Selby lost 3-5 to Jordan Brown, breaking out the number one cold of this European Masters, and the world's 1st and defending champion Selby suffered a round trip. Now, as of now, the second biggest cold come, and Selby is also the world championship 4 champions Higgins is also out, the second round of the main tournament, facing the god-like Tomford, Higgins lost much worse than Selby, failed to win the next set, tragically by the lightning 5 consecutive whips, 0-5 was clean sheeted.
In the first set, Tomford blasted a single shot of 83 points, 84-5 easy to win. In the second set, Tomford narrowly beat Higgins 50-41. In the third inning, Tomford scored another 68-pointer to keep a 68-0 clean sheet against Higgins. In the fourth set, the brave Tomford hit another 87 points to win, 87-4, another set, the General Bureau scored a 4-0 lead, in this 9-game 5-win game, Tomford has taken the match point, Higgins is facing a desperate situation.
After a short break of 15 minutes in midfield, Higgins did not see any improvement, the first Ann Globe in the fifth set directly gave the opponent a chance, Tomford single-shot victory ended the whole game, Higgins looked depressed, such a painful defeat, in Higgins's career, rare, today's Higgins is indeed lost.