Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 16 April-2 MayCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV and Red Button with continuous protection on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport site and the BBC Sport appJohn Higgins beat Jack Lisowski in a tense final-frame decider to set up a conference with Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals of the World Championship. Four-time winner Higgins made excellent breaks of 105 and 72 as he recuperated from 12-11 down to win 13-12. Six-time champ O’Sullivan had earlier declared a comfy 13-5 win over Stephen Maguire at the Crucible. World number one O’Sullivan has now reached 13 Crucible semi-finals, one more than Stephen Hendry. Scotland’s Higgins had resumed with a narrow 8-7 benefit over Lisowski and made 3 half-century breaks as he went 10-8 and 11-9 in front. But unlike their previous conference at the Crucible in 2018, in which Higgins whipped Lisowksi 13-1, he hadahardtime to shake off the Englishman. Lisowski, who is yet to win a ranking title, consistently penalized some uncharacteristically loose play from the Scot, illustration level with a run of79 And a lucky snooker on the green permitted Liswoski to clear the staying colours as he edged ahead at 12-11 for the veryfirst time giventhat the veryfirst frame. However, that jolted a lacklustre Higgins into his finest type of the match as he provided 2 fantastic breaks under pressure, with his 2nd co
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