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In a performance that made the Coventry crowd salivate, O'Sullivan – who traveled six centuries on Tuesday to bring his career total to 956 – gave a glimpse of his form with a nice run of 57 to take the first frame. And a break of 109 in the second period allowed few people to doubt that Ronnie is close to his best.
Higgins to his credit provided a lot of quality, with a trio of big breakers ensuring a series of three successive frames allowing the Scots to settle problems midway through with 91 and 70 sets before that. a 83 does not see it. 3-2 to come.
But O. Sullivan was clearly in the mood while Higgins only had 10 more points in the last four innings while Osullivan was running in 101, 137 and 114 to ensure a semifinal match with the defending champion Shaun Murphy Friday night in a rehearsal of last year's final as the 2005 world champion defeated 10-8.
O & # 39; Sullivan had a good start for the prestigious Champion of Champions event with a 4-2 win over Stuart Bingham in his opening game of the group on Tuesday to prepare the clash with Higgins.
O 'Sullivan started slowly losing the first frame, but quickly took the lead, while pauses of 109 and 116 saw him move 2-1 away from teammate Essex.
The 2005 world champion, Bingham, replied with a shot of 65 to restore parity to 2-2, but additional cuts of 68 and 60 were enough for O & # 39; Sullivan to advance in a repeat of the 2013 final during the victory 10-8
O & # Sullivan also won this event with a victory over Judd Trump in 2014 losing the finals against Higgins two years ago and Shaun Murphy last year.
Later on Tuesday, four-time world champion Higgins beat Ryan Day 4-3 to stage the evening showdown with O. Sullivan.
Higgins stood firm in a fierce battle with points of 106, 100 and 66, thus ensuring the passage of the Scottish to the group final.
The winner of the invitational event that includes all the tournament champions of the last year in this sport will win a check for £ 100,000.
RESULTS
- Group one
- On Monday
- Shaun Murphy 4-2 Jimmy Robertson
- Ding Junhui 4-2 Michael Georgiou
- Final
- Shaun Murphy 6-3 Ding Junhui
- Group four
- Tuesday
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Ronnie O. Sullivan 4-2 Stuart Bingham
- John Higgins 4-3 Ryan Day
- Final
- Ronnie O. Sullivan 6-3 John Higgins
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