John Higgins introduced Kyren Wilson back off to earth on the Crucible, hitting antique shape to assert a scarcely-believable 8-0 lead of their second-round conflict on the global snooker championship on Sunday.
The four-time former champion reeled off 3 centuries, and 3 extra breaks over 50 to take overall rate of the fit. Wilson, the 2020 finalist who hit a 147 in his first-round win over Ryan Day, is now dealing with a fight to increase the fit previous a moment consultation.
Higgins has had considered one of his maximum disappointing seasons with a string of early exits from score occasions, however he cruised previous David Grace 10-3 in his Crucible opener. The Wizard of Wishaw laid down a marker right here, beginning with 136 and 137 overall clearances, sooner than a ruin of 57 allowed him to ascertain a three-frame benefit.
Wilson was once stored in his seat once more as Higgins clinched the general body sooner than the mid-session period – even though a 3rd century briefly eluded him as he settled for a ruin of 77. The first two frames after the resumption had been scrappier affairs however Wilson may now not get on board as Higgins moved out of sight.
Further breaks of 134 and 80 noticed the Scot declare a exceptional first-session whitewash towards a participant seeded 3 spots above him. Higgins, the No 10 seed, wishes simply 5 extra frames to e-book a quarter-final towards Mark Selby or Gary Wilson.
That fit resumes on Sunday afternoon with Selby main 5-3, whilst Anthony McGill seems to finish victory over Jack Lisowski after taking a 7-1 in a single day lead.