Tour Championship 2022 - John Higgins makes three centuries to secure lead over Neil Robertson in final

John Higgins eked out a 5-3 advantage over Neil Robertson after a high-quality first session of the Tour Championship final. After a 51-minute opening frame, the pair traded blows like heavyweight boxers as the spectators in Llandudno were treated to a sparkling session of high breaks.

Ad/> Higgins knocked in three centuries, while Robertson responded with two as he just about kept on the coat-tails of the rampaging Scot. Tour Championship'The best player in the world' — O’Sullivan lauds Robertson after epic clashYESTERDAY AT 08:57 The first was a tense affair, and the longest frame of the tournament.

It boiled down to a battle on the colours and looked set to go Robertson’s way after he drew an error from Higgins when trying to get the green safe. But the Australian failed to get position from blue to pink and later handed a tough chance to his opponent.

The pink to the green pocket with the rest was not easy, but Higgins found the heart of it and then knocked in the black to take the early lead. Grabbing the opener was a shot in the arm for Higgins, and he showed his confidence was high by knocking in a tough black towards the start of the second which set him on his way to a total clearance of 136 for a two-frame lead.

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