John Higgins makes up for ‘heartbreaking’ Crucible experience with Neil Robertson win

John Higgins is into a 12th Crucible semi-final (Picture: Getty Images)

John Higgins is into the World Snooker Championship semi-finals, going some way to make up for the ‘heartbreaking’ defeat in the last eight a year ago.

The Wizard of Wishaw continued his superb Crucible run with a 13-10 win over Neil Robertson on Wednesday night, which followed victories over Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ali Carter.

Shaun Murphy awaits the Scot in the semi-finals after the Magician knocked out defending champion Zhao Xintong earlier on Wednesday.

This semi-final run for ...