Without suspense, Higgins, one of the 75 masters, eliminated Sankam with a big score of 13-7 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championships. Perhaps it was the previous consecutive fall in the final, so that Higgins still remembers it vividly, and in an interview before the game, he said that if he could enter the final this year, he did not believe that he would lose again, because he still believed that he still had the ability to recover from adversity. It can be seen that it is determined to win the championship again.
The second round of the World Championships began a contest in which the No. 6 seed, Wizard Higgins, took on Sankam. This season, higgins is in good shape, but his luck is really not good, and he has only won 1 championship and 5 runners-up in the finals many times (4 ranking runners-up + champions of champions + champions league champions). Of course, Higgins values the World Championships the most, and in Crucible, he has a brilliant record, achieving a total of 4 championships and 4 asian results. It is worth mentioning that in 2017-2019, Higgins once fell in the final for 3 consecutive times.
As for Sankham, Higgins is slightly inferior this season with 1 win and 2 losses, but the last time the two were dueled, the Wizards won 4-1 at the Scottish Open.
In the first stage of the previous campaign, the two fought to a 4-4 draw. In the second stage, the wizard broke out completely, with 2 shots to break the hundred and 2 pars 60+ to complete 7 consecutive whips, leading the way 11-4 with a large score. Desperate, Sankam only hit the first 60+ in the final set to make the score 5-11.
At the beginning of the third stage, in the 17th inning, Higgins made a single 63-point error after getting on the hand, and the red ball remained in the bag, and the bench was missed after the second start. Sankam played several times, collected all the red balls, cleared all the color balls, and chased the score to 63 draws. During the black ball race, Sankam missed the ball and was thinned into the pocket by Higgins. 12-5, Higgins won the match point.
In the 18th inning, Sancam took the lead and made a mistake after a single shot of 70 points, and Higgins did not dwell too much. 6 to 12. In the 19th inning, Sankam also started first, scoring 112 points and giving up the last red ball. Witnessing the failure of Sankham to impact 147, the audience was full of regret. 7-12, Sancam saved two consecutive match points.
In the 20th set, Sankam made a fatal mistake and forced a red ball in the bag, higgins seized the opportunity, 2 shots, and scored 90 points. 13-7, Higgins eliminated Sankham to reach the quarterfinals. Immediately after the game, Sankam took Higgins' hand and bowed to the latter.