John Higgins may have 'scarring' from Tour Championship after early British Open exit, thinks Neal Foulds

John Higgins may have «scarring» from his painful Tour Championship final defeat back in April, thinks Neal Foulds, after the legendary Scot was knocked out of the British Open by Yuan Sijun. Higgins led 3-2 and had a sizeable final-frame lead over his 22-year-old opponent, but inexplicably ran out of position when the finishing line neared, and Sijun pounced to take the match 4-3. Ad It's not the first time Higgins has let slip a lead this year, with his Tour Championship final defeat to Neil Robertson back in April seeing him lose from 9-4 ahead.

British OpenHiggins dumped out by impressive Yuan, Selby comfortably through2 HOURS AGO And Foulds thinks being on the receiving end of that comeback may still be having an effect on Higgins. Foulds, speaking on ITV Sport, said: «It was a really good match because Sijun has beaten him [Higgins] twice now, the other match in Germany [at the German Masters in 2019] was also on the black in the last frame. »So it's a terrific win against a John Higgins that is not below par — he's playing well — but John, despite him playing well, is just losing matches in unusual circumstances, he looked very disappointed walking off.

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