Higgins V Maguire - 15/1/07

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Pot Succes

98% - Higgins (yes Higgins)
85% - Maguire

Frame Score

1 - Higgins
2 - Maguire

4th Frame

JH gets in and takes a 22-0 lead
SM gets in, scores 6 points then misses an easy red.

22-6 to JH in frame 4

Safety play

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SM makes a break of 37, so leads 43-22

4 reds left, all sitting in smelly positions

JH - pots black
JH - plays safe

43-30 in favour of SM....

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4 fouls in a row by JH and a loose safety shot seen SM pot the 2nd last red then the black to lead 67-36

one red left, SM plays a snooker

JH misses the red. miss called
JH misses the red, then concedes the frame.

Mid session interval now, with the score at:-

Higgins 1 V 3 Maguire

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Frame 5

Tea and biscuits over, the players and ref have returned to the arena.

already the frame has went a little scrappy

JH leads 19-1 in this frame, but the table looks like a page from a dot-to-dot book, so hell do well to get a high break

Match Long Pot Success Stat

67% - Higgins
0% - Maguire

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Higgins wins a very fragmented frame 5 to trail 2-3

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Higgins wins frame 6 with a 73 break

Framescore is now 3-3

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Maguire wins frame 7 with a good 95 break after a bad error by Higgins

Framescore is now 3-4 in favour of Maguire

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its now 5-3 to Maguire who won frame 8 with a good frame winning break.

Higgins, the defending champion, is only just clinging on........

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its now 5-4 to Maguire

frame 10 is about to start

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its now 5-5

frame 11, the final frame is about to start.

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Maguire is at the table on a break of 16

he leads 34-8 and should win the frame from here

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Maguire is at the table on a break of 16

he leads 34-8 and should win the frame from here

he missed a black off the spot when leading 58-8

then john missed a red

then maguire lost his cue extension

he then potted a red then a black

score was then 66-8 with 4 reds left

SM then pots the next red and Higgins concedes

well done Mr Maguire

[RaNeN]

I didnt expect this! But well done SM!

[Ellena]

Wow ..Semih...thanks a lot for the thread , i couldn't see the match so so all your posts are very precious info to me - they make a good match report.
I am happy Maguire won , i like the guy , but i am gutted for Williams : a 6-0 ggez..i would have never imagined he would lose with such a score.

[Maija]

and Higgins concedes

PMs to me if anyone wants me to cheer on anyone in particular for the rest of the Masters, effectively putting an end to their participation in said event.