Higgins hits 1,000th century in English Open defeat

John Higgins became nan 2nd subordinate to deed 1,000 hundreds of years connected his measurement to a constrictive 4-3 last-16 conclusion to Mark Allen successful nan English Open.

Ronnie O'Sullivan reached nan landmark successful 2019, pinch Higgins backmost connected 745 three-figure breaks astatine nan time.

But scores of 108 and 109 saw nan 49-year-old tie level astatine 3-3 earlier Allen took a agelong and tense last framework successful Brentwood.

Four-time world champion Higgins has deed 13 maximum 147 breaks successful his career, again only 2nd to O'Sullivan. His first period came successful nan 1992-93 season, pinch his astir prolific run coming successful 2021-22 when he deed 58., external

Reigning English champion Judd Trump moved to 998 hundreds of years during his 4-2 triumph complete Fan Zhengyi. Trump will now play different Chinese subordinate Wu Yize successful nan quarter-finals.

Allen faces Chris Wakelin aliases Pang Junxu and Mark Selby will play India's Ishpreet Singh Chadha, nan first Indian to scope nan quarter-finals of a ranking arena successful 11 years.

He only joined nan circuit astatine nan commencement of past play aft moving to snooker from being a master gamer playing Counterstrike Global Offensive., external

Neil Robertson will play either Barry Hawkins aliases Kyren Wilson successful nan last quarter-final.