Hey there, sports fans! 🙋 Have you heard about the amazing snooker match that just happened in Sheffield, England? It was a super close game between Scotland’s John Higgins and China’s Xiao Guodong at the World Snooker Championship! 🎱🏆
The match was so tight that neither player could get more than one frame ahead in the first two sessions. Talk about a nail-biter! 😱
At one point, Xiao Guodong took the lead 9-8 after making a really tricky shot, starting a break of 76 points! 🎯 But John Higgins, who’s a four-time world champion and is nicknamed the “Wizard of Wishaw,” wasn’t about to give up. He made a fantastic long yellow ball to tie the game at 9-9. 🌟
The excitement kept building as Higgins made an incredible long plant shot (that’s when you pot a ball by hitting another ball into it) but Xiao fought back, and the score was level again at 10-10! 🤩
Higgins then took the next frame and made a brilliant red shot on his way to scoring 41 points, bringing him just one frame away from winning at 12-10. Xiao didn’t back down and won the next frame to make it 12-11. The tension was through the roof! 🚀
In the end, John Higgins kept his cool and won the match 13-12! 🎉 This victory means he’s moving on to the quarterfinals, where he’ll face another snooker legend, Mark Williams from Wales, who’s also a three-time world champion. It’s going to be an epic clash! 🔥
What an incredible match! Maybe this will inspire you to grab a cue and try out snooker yourself someday. Who knows? You might be the next snooker star! 😉
Reference(s):
Higgins edges China's Xiao in 25 frames at World Snooker Championship
cgtn.com
