Overview
- Higgins, who trailed 9-4, won 13-12 on Monday at the Crucible with a run that included multiple century breaks to reach the quarter-finals.
- BBC analysts John Parrott and Stephen Hendry called the climactic session one of the finest ever played at the venue.
- O’Sullivan showed his frustration with a table thump on Sunday and conceded the decider once he needed snookers, then said he had a flight booked and praised Higgins’ level.
- Higgins opened his quarter-final against Neil Robertson on Tuesday and trails 5-3 after a near four-and-a-half-hour first session disrupted by a broken chair and a beeping medical device.
- Referee Peggy Li’s earlier decision to penalise Chris Wakelin for a cue touching the yellow against Robertson stood on review, keeping officiating under the spotlight.