Higgins gains upper hand

John Higgins will take a slender 5-4 lead over Neil Robertson into tonight’s final session of the Wuxi Classic, in what looks set to be a closely fought match.

Higgins, a four-time world champion, took control as he moved to a 5-2 advantage over the Australian world number one, but Robertson hit back in successive frames to narrow the deficit at the end of the session.