German Masters snooker qualifying: John Higgins hits back to sink Robert Milkins in decider
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ByEurosport
Updated 11/11/2020 at 22:59 GMT
Four-times world champion John Higgins completed a 5-4 win over Robert Milkins in the first round of qualifying for the German Masters, but there was no great escape for world number 13 Yan Bingtao who lost by the same margin to Sam Craigie in the deciding frame.
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John Higgins displayed his celebrated powers of recovery in a 5-4 win over Robert Milkins as he hit back from 4-3 behind to win the final two frames in the first round of qualifying for the German Masters.
The four-times world champion watched fast-scoring world number 53 Milkins open up with a run of 119 before contributing knocks of 81 and 119 to forge a 3-2 advantage behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.
'The Milkman' responded with 55 and 80 to lead 4-3 but Higgins kept his composure to claim the final two frames for victory and a meeting with Ashley Hugill in the second qualifying round.
World number 13 Yan Bingtao will take no further part in this year's event after losing 5-4 to Northern Ireland's world number 56 Sam Craigie.
Bingtao led 2-0 with knocks of 57 and 132, but Craigie won five of the closing seven frames for a 5-4 victory.
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2019 World Championship semi-finalist David Gilbert is also out at the first stage of qualifying after going down 5-2 to 20-year-old Chinese prodigy Yuan Sijun.
But last season's world finalist Kyren Wilson eased through with a 5-0 whitewash of Zak Surety boosted by breaks of 126, 124 and 76.
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