When Higgins v O'Sullivan ended in heartbreak
It was 30 years ago, but John Higgins remembers it as if it was yesterday.
Two fresh-faced 20-year-olds going head-to-head in an epic quarter-final at the 1996 World Snooker Championship, with the Scot one frame away from defeating England's Ronnie O'Sullivan.
"That is one match that sticks in my mind," said Higgins. "I was 12-11 in front and I remember it as clear as day."
The colours are all on their spots – a regular training programme usually dispatched with ease for a man of his talent. Pot them all and he is in the semi-finals for the first time.
