"Faced with such an intricate and strangely positioned ball, no other snooker player can make a clearance like him, no one." Ronnie O'Sullivan claimed higgins' clearance performance in the eighth inning of the final was the best match he had ever seen.
文/Ben Snowball，《Eurosport》
Under the circumstances, Allen only needed to score another red ball to advance to the second stage with a 5-3 advantage. The final inning of the first stage was also the focus of a rivalry between the two sides, with Higgins trailing by 47 points in the eighth inning, with only 51 points left on the table. Higgins punched a tricky red ball into the bottom right corner of the bag and began a seven-minute one-shot clearance performance.
"There's no way you can stop this guy from playing!" Joe Johnson, as a European sports commentator, could not help but marvel at the live broadcast.
European sports commentators O'Sullivan and Jimmy White also praised Higgins' clearance. O'Sullivan said: "It's really stunning. I've never seen such a wonderful clearance. No one would have thought that he would be able to clear the stage—except for John himself, who was obviously on his way to the goal of clearing the platform. ”
O'Sullivan continued: "Faced with such an intricate and strangely positioned ball, no other snooker player can make a clearance like him, no one. There are almost no balls that obediently stay on the spot, and each one is a difficulty ball. ”
"Look, that's an absolutely amazing shot. Higgins' clearance is definitely one of the top five goals in my mind. Magic lit up Belfast. He not only scored a coffee ball, but also called a blue ball. It was a god-level move, and it was unparalleled. Jimmy White said.
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