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 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.