Higgins battles to level semi-final with Murphy
John Higgins fought back from 3-1 down to level his World Championship semi-final against Shaun Murphy at 4-4 in a scrappy opening session at the Crucible Theatre. Despite a lack of fluency and signs of fatigue from his previous late-night match, Higgins showed resilience to claim the final frame. The best-of-33 match will resume on Friday, while Murphy's early dominance was undermined by uncharacteristic errors.
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Higgins battles to level semi-final with Murphy<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Higgins wins last frame of session to levelPublished30 April 2026, 16:48 BSTUpdated 15 minutes agoJohn Higgins produced a battling display to fight back from 3-1 down to draw level at 4-4 against Shaun Murphy in the opening session of their World Championship semi-final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.It was far from fluent from the four-time world…
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