The 2023 to 2024 season of the snooker professional league continues, on April 29, 2024, Beijing time, the snooker quarterfinals will enter the third stage of the matchup, in the third stage of the competition, John Higgins and Lisowski, the two players are in the first two stages, in a backward situation, in the third stage there is no way back, if you want to advance to the quarterfinals, you can only go all out to stage a reversal.
John Higgins had twists and turns in the duel with Mark Allen, and the two shook hands in the first stage and fought 4:4 to enter the second stage of the duel. In the second stage of the competition, John Higgins took the lead and played his excellent form and quickly took the lead. However, after winning the seventh game, Mark Allen won four games in a row, and finally after the end of the second period, John Higgins temporarily trailed by two games with a score of 7:9. The game for John Higgins
It is even more important that only by winning the quarterfinals this time can we have a chance to continue to stand in the top 16 in the world. Since rival Milkins is out, and Ryan Day is also in the state of falling behind, O'Sullivan. John Higgins can only keep himself if he is more competitive and makes it to the quarterfinals of this World Championship. The position in the top 16 of the world just got easier. The previous two matches in the main match of the World Championships and Mark Allen won the final victory, but in terms of this season's head-to-head record, it is in the record of two wins and three losses, and it is not dominant.
In the long set matchup, John Higgins became more and more physically and mentally exhausted at the end, and the accuracy of his attack began to decline, and his mistakes continued to increase, but Mark Allen, who was getting better, played his best form in this World Championships. Mark Allen also seems to be aiming for the title at this World Championships, and he is also the highest-ranked player in the world in the top half of the tournament when many seeded players are out of the top half. And if Mark Allen can reach the top of this World Championships, then he will unlock the Grand Slam of the three major tournaments. He became the 12th player in his career to win three Grand Slams. Mark Allen is also hungry for such an achievement, but John Higgins is even more valuable in retaining a top-16 spot in the world.
In the other game, Lisowski was against Bingham, who were behind in the first half. Lisowski and Bingham played 4:4 in the second stage, and the two sides entered the third stage of the duel with a score of 7:9. Bingham is also looking forward to completing the revenge battle for Ding Junhui after seeing Lisowski eliminate Ding Junhui in the first round. However, Lisowski's ability to turn around is still full of expectations, after all, the post-90s player is looking forward to unlocking the first championship of his career as soon as possible and looking forward to realizing his wish at this World Championships.