Four-time champion John Higgins is one frame away from booking his place in the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship after his marathon clash against Xiao Guodong could not be decided inside three sessions.
Facing a race against time to complete the match before the afternoon action commenced, Higgins won two frames in a row after the mid-session interval but was frustrated by Xiao with the winning post in sight, as the Chinese star battled back to make it 12-11 just over four hours after the session began.
