Higgins blows Welsh Open wide open with win over O’Sullivan

Higgins blows Welsh Open wide open with win over O’Sullivan

John Higgins believes he has blown the Welsh Open wide open by dispatching Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-1 in the quarter-finals.

Four-time champion O’Sullivan stole the opening frame, only for Higgins to storm back with breaks of 113, 57, 60 and 101 to race into the semi-finals.

Higgins, who also boasts for Welsh Open titles, steps into the last four to face Gary Wilson, who saw off Yu Delu 5-2.

“I am delighted to win; it was a weird game,” Higgins told Eurosport.

“I just felt Ronnie was not there at all.

“He missed a couple of balls and ran out of position; he never does that. It must have been a concentration thing.

“Me winning that match means everyone in the tournament feels they have a chance of winning the title.

“If O’Sullivan was in, people would say it is his to lose.”

Earlier in the day Barry Hawkins saw off China’s Yan Bingtao 5-1, to book a semi-final clash with Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham.

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