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Ronnie O’Sullivan takes control of John Higgins match with flashes of brilliance
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Ronnie O’Sullivan takes control of John Higgins match with flashes of brilliance

The Telegraph·Press Association.·about 1 month ago
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10:02PM Frame 8: Higgins 2 O’Sullivan 6 Link copied to clipboard O’Sullivan pots a long red and gets a happy bounce off another to set him up on the black. This is his chance to turn the screw. He moves 29-0 clear as a red lazily tangles with the jaws before going in, and the reds continue to offer up options between the blue, pink and black. There are four bunched reds, and a single one to the right middle that hold him up at a break of 76. 67 remain. He is tight in amongst three of the reds after potting the black, and he gets a kiss off a red. Higgins comes back to the table, needing snookers. Higgins takes a few reds and high-scoring colours which are on offer, as there is no point passing up easy points here, and lays a trap behind the pink for O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan concedes one foul. A poor shot from Higgins leaves O’Sullivan with a red, duly dispatched, and he is 77-34 clear with 6-2 looming. The pair shake hands, and that is it for the night. Higgins is in trouble for tomorrow.…

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