In the early morning of April 30, Beijing time, in the 1/8 finals of the 2024 World Snooker Championships, Mark Allen and Higgins' strong dialogue ended, and in the third stage of the decisive battle, the world champion Higgins saved the match point to complete the desperate comeback, especially in the decisive game, when the opponent Mark Allen took the lead in blasting out a single stroke of 62 points, Higgins returned with a 71-point clear table to complete the big reversal, and finally beat Mark Allen with a total score of 13-12 to advance to the top 8, and another group of 1/4 finals was determined: Higgins vs Kyren Wilson.
At this stage, Mark Allen is stronger than Higgins, Mark Allen is ranked 3rd in the world, Higgins has fallen out of the top 10 and ranks 13th in the world due to poor results, but in terms of major tournament experience, of course, Higgins is richer, Higgins has won 4 World Championships, and Mark Allen's best result in the World Championships is the semifinals. In this Snooker World Championships, Mark Allen participated as the No. 4 seed, and Higgins was listed as the No. 13 seed in the tournament, in the previous first round, Mark Allen eliminated the qualifier Robbie Williams 10-6, and Higgins also defeated the qualifier Jamie Jones with a total score of 10-6.
In the second round, 16 into 8 competitions, taking 25 rounds and 13 wins, divided into three stages. In the first stage, Mark Allen hit a single stroke to break 119 to start the game, Higgins then scored 73 points with a single stroke and won two games in a row, Mark Allen replied with a single stroke of 79 points and also won two games in a row, Higgins won the sixth game to chase 3-3, Mark Allen scored 65 points with a single stroke 4-3 to lead again, and Higgins won the eighth game to chase 4-4. In the second stage, Higgins scored 75 points in a single stroke to take the next game, Mark Allen returned with a shot of 50+ to win the tenth game, and then Higgins won two games in a row to lead 7-5, and Mark Allen hit 4 consecutive shots of 50+ to win four games in a row 9-7.
In the third stage of this morning, Mark Allen took the lead with 79-20 as soon as he came up, and also extended the lead to 10-7, Higgins played a single stroke of 55 points, 64 points and chased three games in a row to 10-10 draw, Mark Allen won the 21st game 11-10 with a shot of 66 points, and then in the 22nd game, both of them made mistakes, Higgins seized the opportunity to hit a shot of 50+, won 84-13, and chased the total score to 11-11 draw! The 23rd game was fiercely competitive, and in the final stage, Mark Allen won with precision and took the lead to get the match point 12-11. In the 24th game, Higgins narrowly won 55-41 to save the match point. In the deciding game, Mark Allen took the lead in scoring 62 points in a single stroke, and Higgins scored 71 points in a single stroke to complete the reversal and advance to the quarterfinals 13-12.