Higgins over first obstacle at Scottish Open
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Updated 12/12/2017 at 00:45 GMT
John Higgins bounced back from his loss to Mark King at the UK Championship to beat Jack Lisowski 4-1 in the first round of the Scottish Open.
John Higgins overcame Jack Lisowski in the Scottish Open first round.
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A fluked brown had given the world No.38 the opening frame, but the Scotsman won the next four frames to secure his place in the next round, where he will face Christopher Keogan.
Marco Fu, who beat Higgins in last year's final, beat Duane Jones 4-0, and Judd Trump also recorded a whitewash win, over Robin Hull.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won the UK Championship on Sunday, begins his campaign on Tuesday against Michael Georgiou.
RESULTS - Scottish Open first round, Day 1
Stephen Maguire 4-0 Alex Borg
Marco Fu 4-0 Duane Jones
Fang Xiongman 4-3 David Gilbert
Zhou Yuelong 4-1 Ian Preece
Lee Walker 2-4 Yu De Lu
Martin Gould 3-4 Noppon Saengkham
Fergal O'Brien 1-4 Zhang Yong
Lyu Haotian 2-4 Gary Wilson
Xiao Guodong 4-1 Li Yuan
Chris Totten 4-1 Sam Baird
Hossein Vafaei 3-4 Mitchell Mann
John J Astley 2-4 Liam Highfield
David Grace 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
John Higgins 4-1 Jack Lisowski
Nigel Bond 0-4 Christopher Keogan
Mike Dunn 4-0 Adam Duffy
Zhao Xintong 2-4 Gerard Greene
Tian Pengfei 2-4 Kurt Dunham
Yuan Si Jun 0-4 Peter Lines
James Wattana 0-4 Michael White
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Josh Boileau
Dominic Dale 4-1 Basem Eltahhan
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3-4 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Sean O'Sullivan 1-4 Li Hang
Rory McLeod 4-2 Graeme Dott
Ricky Walden 4-2 Billy Joe Castle
Jackson Page 1-4 Stuart Carrington
Barry Hawkins 2-4 Jamie Jones
Judd Trump 4-0 Robin Hull
Sam Craigie 4-2 Boonyarit Keattikun
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