John Higgins grew to become the second participant to hit 1,000 centuries on his strategy to a slim 4-3 last-16 defeat to Mark Allen within the English Open.
Ronnie O’Sullivan reached the landmark in 2019, with Higgins again on 745 three-figure breaks on the time.
However scores of 108 and 109 noticed the 49-year-old draw degree at 3-3 earlier than Allen took an extended and tense ultimate body in Brentwood.
4-time world champion Higgins has hit 13 most 147 breaks in his profession, once more solely second to O’Sullivan. His first century got here within the 1992-93 season, together with his most prolific marketing campaign coming in 2021-22 when he hit 58., exterior
Reigning English champion Judd Trump moved to 998 centuries throughout his 4-2 win over Fan Zhengyi. Trump will now play one other Chinese language participant Wu Yize within the quarter-finals.
Allen faces Chris Wakelin or Pang Junxu and Mark Selby will play India’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha, the primary Indian to succeed in the quarter-finals of a rating occasion in 11 years.
He solely joined the tour at first of final season after shifting to snooker from being an expert gamer enjoying Counterstrike International Offensive., exterior
Neil Robertson will play both Barry Hawkins or Kyren Wilson within the ultimate quarter-final.