Skullman wrote:7.30am
John Higgins 4-5 Ryan Day
Barry Hawkins 4-4 Mark Williams TV
Matthew Selt 3-5 Zhao Xintong
Ken Doherty 4-2 Huang Jiahao
I,ve just seen the scores today so far,good win for Williams considerin his form has plunged of late.
Taklin bout form plunging,Higgins form lately has been very questionable to say the least,to be honest i can,t see him bein able to regain and retain the form he all showed us,he,ll have the odd result here and there but i really do think he won,t be able to show us the form he once produced,at least he won,t produce it on a regular basis,i can,t see him winning another tourney neither.
Johns 39,he,s experiencing what happens to MOST of the players when they start hittin the 40/40+ mark,= the plunge in form/plunge in consistency.
Why it,s happening to John,well only he really knows the answer to that does,nt he,it might be because he does,nt practice enough,or he might be spending too much time doin other things,family,freinds,hobbys,might be lack of motivation/hunger,might have gotten to know something new,he might be even spendin too much time on facebook,twitter or play station 4!.
It,ll be intrestin to see what happens this and the next few seasons,he might fall off the radar before we even know it!.
Still early days to count him out though,but no matter what happens from now,Higgins has already engraved his name as being one of the greatest ever snooker players to grace the game,he,s already a legend,his titles,records,achievements speak for its self!.