Beijing time on October 24 news, the first round of the 2021 Snooker German Masters Qualifier broke out of the big cold, 4-time World Championship champion "Wizard" John Higgins, in the match with Thailand's famous Nopeng San kamm, 2-5 lost to the opponent suffered a round of travel. This week, Higgins had bad luck and missed out on the Northern Ireland Open title before exiting the German Masters qualifiers.
As one of the best players in snooker history, the 46-year-old Higgins is ranked sixth in the world rankings and still maintains a very competitive state. At the just-concluded Northern Ireland Open, he reached the final. In the final with "Little Steel Cannon" Mark Allen, at one point he won the match point 8-6. It is a slight pity that when he got the match point, he was pulled two consecutive sets by the opponent and missed the championship 8-9.
With the regret of missing the title in Northern Ireland, Higgins moved to the German Masters qualifiers. In the first round of qualifying, Higgins was thai star Noppen Sankam, who was ranked 40th in the world.
Previously, Higgins and Sankham had a total of several meetings, with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, slightly dominant. The most recent meeting between the two sides was in the second round of the 2020 Scottish Open, in which Higgins lost 2-4. In the first set of the game, Higgins took the lead in the opening, he played a single 50 points, 72-1 first to win the first set, 1-0 to open the door.
In the second set, Sancam returned with a 105-pointer, 105-0 clean sheet Higgins, and equalized 1-1. In the third set, Higgins hit Back With a single 138 points to win another set at 139-0 and lead again 2-1. In the fourth set, Sankam went through several starts to win another set at 54-22, and the two sides drew 2-2 to enter the break.
In the fifth inning, back from the break, Higgins was not in good shape and Sankham was in hot offensive touch. In this inning, he blasted out a single shot of 132 points, 132-0 again kept a clean sheet on Higgins, leading 3-2. In the sixth set, Sankam scored another 78 points to win another set 78-4 to make it 4-2 and win two match points.
In the seventh set, Higgins, who had no way back, was in no form, and Sankam continued to exert his strength, and he played a single 79 point, 79-0 consecutive clean sheet Higgins, and the aggregate score was 5-2 to advance.