Higgins faces Fu after giving Drago the chop

JOHN HIGGINS was a man in a hurry as he swept into the second round of the Irish Masters in just 53 minutes yesterday.

Higgins faces Fu after giving Drago the chop
Mon, 22 Mar, 2004 - 00:00

Higgins fired in breaks of 80, 95, 78, 58 and 73 in defeating Maltese number one Tony Drago 5-1.

Drago scored only nine points in the first four frames but averted the whitewash by winning the fifth with runs of 57 and 31.

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