In the quarterfinals of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on April 28, 2022, Beijing time, four-time world champion Higgins and Lisovsky staged a wonderful duel. Higgins managed to advance to the final four with a single shot of 123 points, 105 points, 91 points, 67 points, 56 points, 70 points, 56 points and 72 points, 55 points, 72 points and a 13-12 reversal of Thelred Lisowski. Next, he will compete with six-time world champion O'Sullivan for a place in the final of this tournament.
Higgins leads Lisowski 5-3
In the first stage of the match between the two sides, Higgins was significantly better. In the first set, Lisovsky scored 98 points and then took a 1-0 lead after winning the set 99-30. In the second set, Higgins won the set 74:17 to draw 1-1 with Lissovsky. In the third inning, Higgins scored 91 points and 97:24 to take a 2-1 lead. In the 4th set, Higgins scored 67 points to win another set 74:38 to give a 3-1 lead. In the 5th inning, Lisovsky scored a 77-point clean sheet to trail Higgins 2-3. In the 6th set, Higgins took a 4-2 lead in a 61-55 single set against Lisovsky. In the 7th set, Lisovsky won the set 73-33 with multiple mobile phones to win the set 3-4 behind Higgins. In the 8th set, Higgins took the set 96-23 to take a 5-3 lead.
Lissovsky trailed Higgins 7-8
After the second stage of the game, Lisovsky's form was clearly improved. The game moved to the 9th inning, with Higgins taking a 6-3 lead with a 123-point clean sheet. In the 10th set, Lisovsky won the set 68-49 to trail Higgins 4-6. In the 11th set, Higgins kept a 68-0 clean sheet with Lisowski taking a 7-4 lead. In the 12th inning, Lisovsky scored 66 points and 73 points. The 42 won the set to trail Higgins 5-7. In the 13th inning, Higgins scored 56 points to take an 8-5 lead over Lissowski at 68-28. In the 14th set, Lisovsky scored 63 points and then won the game 74-60, thus trailing Higgins 6-8 to narrow the difference innings to two sets. In the 15th set, Lisowski single-handedly scored 53 points to win the game 65-52, thus trailing Higgins 7-8 to narrow the gap to one set.
Higgins killed Lisowski 13-12
After entering the third stage of the game, Lisovsky's form clearly picked up. The game moved to the 16th inning, with Higgins taking the lead with a scattered attack to win the game 57-20 to take a 9-7 lead. In the 17th set, Lisovsky won the set 87-9 with multiple playing opportunities to leave Higgins 8-9 behind. In the 18th inning, Higgins single-handedly blasted 70 points to win the game 70-1 to take a 10-8 lead over Lisowski. In the 19th set, Lisovsky won the set 61-23 several times to trail Higgins 9-10.
In the 20th set, Higgins took an 11-9 lead with a 127-0 clean sheet with 72 and 55 runs to keep a 127-0 clean sheet. In the 21st set, Lisovsky won the set 92:51 with multiple playing opportunities to fall behind Higgins 10-11. In the 22nd set, Lisovsky scored 79 points and won the game 79:15 to draw 11-11 with Higgins. In the 23rd set, Lisovsky won the set 72-52 to take a 12-11 lead over Higgins to take the match point. In the 24th set, Higgins scored a 105-point clean sheet to draw 12-12 with Lissovsky. In the 25th set, Higgins scored 72 points to win the set to reverse Lissovsky 13-12 and successfully reached the semi-finals of the tournament.