Tour Championship snooker 2021 – Ronnie O’Sullivan leads John Higgins in quarter-final

Updated 22/03/2021 at 15:55 GMT

O’Sullivan is in pole position to reach the Tour Championship semi-finals after building a two-frame lead in the first session of his match with Higgins. The event runs from March 22-28 and features the top eight players from the one-year ranking list: O’Sullivan, Higgins, Neil Robertson, Jack Lisowski, Mark Selby, Kyren Wilson, Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan will take a 5-3 lead into the evening session of his quarter-final with John Higgins at the Tour Championship.

O’Sullivan is bidding to banish memories of his last outing against Higgins, when he was turned over 10-3 in the Players Championship final in February.

Higgins was first on the scoreboard with a 72 break before the Rocket pegged him back with knocks of 92 and a 72 of his own.

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The session’s only century saw Higgins draw level before the pair traded the fifth and sixth frames to leave the match delicately poised at 3-3.

But O’Sullivan seized the initiative by taking the final two frames of the first session – including a 69 knock in the seventh – to leave him five from victory in the best-of-19 contest.

The Tour Championship runs from March 22-28 and features the top eight players from the one-year ranking list.