On April 30, Beijing time, in the 1/8 finals of the 2024 Snooker World Championships, Mark Allen played against John Higgins, the two contributed a god script, and the two sides played until the tiebreaker, in the deciding game, Allen played a single stroke of 62 points to interrupt, and then, Higgins passed the bag flip and completed the limit reversal of 71 points in a single stroke, and the big score was 13-12 to kill Allen.
Allen is the 11-time champion of the ranking tournament, as a post-80s player, he performed quite well last season, and his form has declined this season, but he is also the No. 4 seed in the tournament, and Allen successfully eliminated Robbie Williams 10-6 in the first round. Higgins, a member of the "75 Three" who has won four world championships and four runners-up, is the No. 13 seed, knocking out Jamie Jones 10-6 in the first round. According to statistics, the two have met 28 times before, and although Allen has a slight advantage of 15-13, Higgins has won the past two World Championship meetings. All in all, the outcome of this game is still quite suspenseful.
In the first period, the two played 4-4, and after the second period, the two were basically even, with Allen leading slightly 9-7. In the third stage, after Allen 10-7, Higgins chased three games in a row to 10-10. After that, the two played a stalemate, and in the 24th game, Higgins reversed 12-12 in a single game.
In the deciding game, Allen scored 62 points in a single stroke and made a mistake in the red ball, but after Higgins turned the bag once, he cleared the limit with 71 points in a single stroke, which can be described as an escape from death. Allen was killed: 62-0 to 62-71, and he should be extremely depressed.
After the lore, Higgins, a veteran, raised his arms even more, and his emotions were still quite excited, which was really not easy.