Monday, January 10, 2011

John Higgins brought down to earth by Graeme Dott in the first round of the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters

John Higgins brought down to earth by Graeme Dott in the first round of the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters

Graeme Dott knocked three-time world champion John Higgins out of the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters on Monday.

John Higgins beaten by Graeme Dott

Dejected: John Higgins is unamused as Graeme Dott knocks him out of the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters at Wembley Arena Photo: ACTION IMAGES

By Telegraph staff and agencies 11:48PM GMT 10 Jan 2011

Higgins admitted he was “a man on a mission” after claiming his third UK Championship crown last month – his first major tournament triumph since serving a six-month ban for bringing the game into disrepute.

However, he was brought down to earth by fellow Scot Dott, who won their first-round contest at Wembley Arena 6-4.

Dott, who had won only once in eight years of entering this competition prior to Monday's victory, gave an early statement of intent with breaks of 115 and 65 handing him a two-frame lead.

Higgins potted his first ball in the third frame and went on to win it with a break of 68 but 2006 world champion Dott restored his two-frame lead for the mid-session interval.

Higgins produced a 55 to make it 3-2 and levelled the match in the next frame with a 73, only for Dott to edge a cagey seventh after an early knock of 46.

Back came Higgins with a 70-28 success in frame eight squaring the match again.

Dott dug deep to win a scrappy ninth frame to move 5-4 ahead, and a break of 62 in the next was the cornerstone of a match-clinching 10th frame as the 33-year-old progressed.

Next up for Dott is Ding Junhui, who beat Mark Williams 6-4.qtdz
Telegraph.co.uk

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