John Higgins faces ‘special’ Ronnie O’Sullivan semi-final as Judd Trump joins Class of ’92 in World Championship line-up

John Higgins completed a star-studded World Championship semi-final on Wednesday night, and he is looking forward to a “special” meeting with fellow Class of ’92 graduate Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Crucible. Four-time champion Higgins edged out Jack Lisowski 13-12 and will face O’Sullivan in the first session of their best-of-33 semi-final on Thursday evening. Ad/> The other semi-final sees Mark Williams, another Class of ’92 star and three-time world champion, take on 2019 winner Judd Trump, who has endured a poor campaign by his own standards but has dazzled in Sheffield so far.

World Championship'World Seniors Championship' — Trump jokes about O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams17 MINUTES AGO “It’s a great line-up,” Higgins told Eurosport afterwards. “Me, Ronnie and Mark, and Judd’s in there the young gun. Hopefully it will be a treat the next four or five days.

“Going in to play Ronnie, that’s special. I was trying to think about it just then, I’ve played him twice on the one-table setup, so I’m really looking forward to it. “I hope so [that it will be special].

I’m sure I’m going to play better, I struggled that match with the conditions, I couldn’t get control, but I’m sure in the semi-final the conditions will be perfect. I’ll be in bed all day [before the evening start].” Trump wins eight frames in a row to sink Bingham, Higgins edges out Lisowski 'I was in Shredsville' — Trump's love for snooker has returned after fighting back to beat Bingham Williams battles past Bingtao for seventh Crucible semi-final O’Sullivan is chasing a record-equalling seventh world title, and last met Higgins at the Crucible in 2011, with the latter winning their quarter-final 13-11. Higgins also won their 2007 quarter-final encounter 13-9,