This year’s Snooker World Championship turned out to be emotional for John Higgins and the quadruple champion was reduced to tears on television on Easter Monday.
Higgins has overcome an emotionally confrontation with Joe O’Connor to win 10-7 and reach the last 16 emblematic tournaments.
The legendary Scottish fights against family problems at the moment with his stepfather having undergone a heart attack last week and his wife is not at the crucible for the world championship accordingly.
Higgins’ second son Oliver is in Sheffield to show his support. The couple dinner on Sunday and talked about this experience saw Higgins choking on television. Higgins lost his father, John Sr, against cancer after a six -year battle in February 2011.
Reflecting after his victory at TNT Sports, he said: “There was a time last night when I was sitting with my boy (Oliver), he went down to London to study for a few months.
“It brought so many memories when I was sitting with my father 20 years ago. This morning on my way, I was in tears, thinking of different things. I was totally exhausted.
John Higgins had to retaliate the tears as he opened his family’s sorrow on television
“Exit (from the first session) 5-4 was a result because Joe played brilliant. I went back to my apartment and I crawled in the bed, and I slept for two hours, which was the best sleep I had for years. Tonight, I felt so much better.
This emotional moment was the second time that Higgins has been showing his vulnerability to television, which did it earlier.
The 49-year-old man was somehow losing the 5-4 morning session against O’Connor, but returned later in the day to turn things around and later admitted that he was fighting against strong feelings.
After preceding 6-5 in advance, he finally produced a break with a century in the 12th framework.
Although his opponent, who had been on the right track for the 15th 147 in the history of crucible until it lacks a 13th morning in the morning, retaliated at 7-7, the veteran of the Scottish crossed the last three images.
“It was the most emotional that I have ever been today,” this year’s tournament said in BBC Sport after winning the title of the tour earlier this month, BBC Sport told BBC before breaking.
There had been doubts about whether Higgins would participate in this month’s competition before his opening match.
The family emergency saw him miss the green carpet ceremony before the tournament, as well as the media day before the event after having decided to stay in Scotland.
Higgins will now face the Xiao Guodong in China in the round of 16 while he is trying to make more history in the crucible this year.
If the 49 -year -old man takes place in the world championship, he will become the oldest winner in the competition.
