On the morning of April 28, Beijing time, in the quarterfinals of the Snooker World Championship, Higgins defeated Jack Lisowski in the decider 13-12, joining O'Sullivan and Ma Wei to complete the combination of "753 Jie" in the semi-finals. He will face O'Sullivan in the semi-finals.
The semi-finals start today with the following schedule:
18:00 Mark Williams vs Judd Trump (Stage 1)
2:00 John Higgins vs Ronnie O'Sullivan (Phase 1)
The semi-final format was 17 wins in 33 sets and was divided into four stages: 8/8/8/9
Higgins shot 8 for 50+ and 2 against Lisowski, and Lisowski shot 6 for 50+. In the first set, Lisovsky scored 98 points to take the lead in the first set. In the second set, Higgins scored 74 points on multiple occasions to equalize. In the third set, Higgins scored 91 points to overtake the score and make it 2-1. In the fourth inning, Higgins scored another 67 points to win another set, 3-1 on the field.
In the fifth inning, the young driver began to fight back, and the single shot 77 scored to win back a set. But in the sixth set, the two sides fought each other, and Higgins had a slight advantage, winning 61-55 to make it 4-2. In the seventh set, the two sides were once again caught in a tug-of-war, this time with the young driver winning 73-33 to recover a set. In the eighth inning, the fight continued, and Higgins scored 96 points while playing on the sidelines, once again extending the lead to a two-set lead to make it 5-3.
In the ninth inning, Higgins blasted a high score of 123 points in a single shot, a small driver with a clean sheet, and continued to extend the lead. In the tenth set, the two sides began to fight, and at the end of the game, the young driver had the advantage, winning the fight 68-49 and chasing back a set. In the eleventh set, Higgins scored 68 points through multiple starts, winning 68-0 to make it 7-4. In the twelfth inning, the young driver scored 66 points to establish an advantage, and chased another set 73-42, 7-5 on the field.
In the thirteenth set, Higgins scored 56 points to win another set. In the fourteenth set, the two sides fought fiercely, each with a 50+ performance, and finally Higgins lost to the small driver's single shot 63 points with 56 points, and the score was 8-6. In the fifteenth inning, the young driver won another set with 53 points, further narrowing the point difference. In the sixteenth set, the two sides began a tug-of-war, with Higgins scoring 57 points while playing on the side and winning 57-20, 9-7 on the field.
In the seventeenth inning, the young driver scored 87 points several times and chased another set. But in the eighteenth inning, Higgins blasted a single shot of 70 points, once again extending the lead to two innings, and the score was 10-8. In the nineteenth set, the two sides fought each other, each with its own mistakes, and in the end, Lisovsky won 61-23, with a score of 10-9. In the twentieth set, in the face of the young driver's indomitable pursuit, Higgins blasted two 50+ in a single game ( 72 , 55 ) , and the clean sheet opponent took an 11-9 lead.
In the twenty-first set, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, and the small drivers in several attacks and defenses had the advantage, and chased another set at 92-51. In the twenty-second set, the young driver scored 79 points and won 79-15, and the young driver finally pulled the score to an 11-11 draw. In the twenty-third inning, the young driver reversed the score 72-52 and took the lead to the match point. But in the twenty-fourth set, Higgins broke out again, blasting out a single shot of 105 points, the two sides entered the double match point decider, in the decider, Higgins did not give the opponent a chance to fight back, single shot 72 points to end the game, 13-12 kill the driver to advance to the semifinals.