Higgins: Championship is wide open

John Higgins believes there remain “six or seven” potential winners of the Travis Perkins UK Championship – and the Scot is just disappointed he is not among them.

Installed favourite for the second-most prestigious ranking tournament after Ronnie O’Sullivan’s exit, the world number six did little wrong in his third-round match against Ken Doherty but was on the end of a 9-6 defeat as his opponent rediscovered his best form.