Higgins shoots down Rocket

John Higgins reached the last four of the Bank of Beijing China Open this afternoon after coming through a scrappy quarter-final encounter with world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan.

Higgins, the 2007 world champion, ran out a 5-4 winner against the man who took the title from him last year to set up a semi-final clash with Ryan Day, who was far more convincing in defeating Shaun Murphy 5-0 in the session’s other quarter-final.