JOHN HIGGINS has revealed he could quit snooker if he falls out of the elite top 16 next season.
The 47-year-old Scot saw his dreams of a magical fifth World Championship, 25 years on from his first, shattered 13-7 by Mark Selby in the quarter-finals.
World No.11 Higgins endured a miserable season by his own high standards with his run to the last eight only his second quarter-final appearance.
He has over £300,000 in prize money to defend next term and another poor campaign could see him plummet out of the top 16 for the first time since 1995.
Higgins had hammered David Grace 10-3 then Kyren Wilson 13-2 with a session to spare, which included an 8-0 whitewashed first session. But he said: “It’s been a poor season, there’s no getting away from it.
“I’ll definitely have to come back next year and produce a better standard and have a better season.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 28, 2023 من Daily Record.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 28, 2023 من Daily Record.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
ATA BHOY BRENDAN
Rodgers vindicated as he proves he can get results away against the big boys
IT WAS A THRILL MEETING OUR ZERO
Last-gasp tackles and headers galore but Trusty insists he loved Hoops' backs-to-the-wall display that earned vital point
ONE MAN AND HIS GOG
Tour with Tynie kitman shows boss Neil scale of task ahead
SLOT STERNUL
Nunez strike makes it 9 out of 9 for Pool
UNAITED FRONT
McGinn: Villa feed off driven Emery
THE RAG AND THRONE MAN
ANDERS HOLCH POVLSEN may carry a name that sounds more like a game changer on the pitch than off it.
TYSON BABY LOSS AGONY
| Fighter's wife suffered miscarriage ahead of Usyk bout
HAZEL'S BAFTA AWARD JOY
Sports broadcaster to receive prestigious gong
Hospital infection mum Gail''suffered too much'
A WOMAN who died after she contracted an infection linked to pigeon droppings \"suffered too much\", her daughter has told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.
BRAVE RILEY'S TUMOUR FIGHT
Routine pre-school exam revealed golf ball-sized lump behind his eye