JOHN HIGGINS survived a funny tummy sparked by too many Chinese HOT POTS as he showed off his hot-potting on the table!
The Scotsman, 49, had a dodgy stomach as he knocked out Zhou Yuelong 5-4 from the last-16 of the Yushan event.
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During the past week in China, the world No.13 has been enjoying nights out at local restaurants where he has indulged in piping-hot liquid meat dishes.
The four-time world champion stopped worrying about the scoreline – he fell 4-2 down to Zhou – because he was doing everything possible to avoid rushing off to the loo during every frame.
Candid Higgo – who came from behind with breaks of 60, 74 and 72 – said: “I’ve got to be honest, I’ve not been feeling great all day.
“My stomach has been very bad. I’ve been enjoying the hot pots too many times.
“Listen, from 4-2 behind, it probably helped me. I was running…aye, it was really bad.
“It probably relaxed my mind because I wasn’t even thinking about the match.
“I was thinking about not running to the toilet. And that’s the God’s honest truth.
“It probably relaxed my mind, not thinking about the pressures of the game. Just the pressure of something else!
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“No hot pot this evening. Nothing. Just bread and water…”
Higgins now plays China’s No.26 seed Pang Junxu on Friday over the best of nine frames as he chases the £170,000 top prize.
It is a record-equalling 146th ranking event quarter-final, which sees him draw level with Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Higgins laughed: “Only one more to go. A 147 would be nice.
“Listen, it has been a good career, a long career, maybe that’s why I’ve been able to rack up a lot of numbers.
“I’m proud I’m still going. I still love competing. I really want to win one more big event. That’s what I am trying my hardest to do.
“It felt good to win here. As I have been on the wrong end of a lot of deciders lately.
“To win that was very pleasing. I am delighted. Zhou was looking really strong. A great win for me.”
Essex lad Zak Surety, 33, reached his first ranking quarter-final as he beat Liu Hongyu 5-2, scoring breaks of 97, 126, 86 and 65.
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
1969 – John Spencer
1970 – Ray Reardon
1971 – John Spencer
1972 – Alex Higgins
1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
1977 – John Spencer (2)
1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
1979 – Terry Griffiths
1980 – Cliff Thorburn
1981 – Steve Davis
1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
1983 – Steve Davis (2)
1984 – Steve Davis (3)
1985 – Dennis Taylor
1986 – Joe Johnson
1987 – Steve Davis (4)
1988 – Steve Davis (5)
1989 – Steve Davis (6)
1990 – Stephen Hendry
1991 – John Parrott
1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
1997 – Ken Doherty
1998 – John Higgins
1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
2000 – Mark Williams
2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2002 – Peter Ebdon
2003 – Mark Williams (2)
2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
2005 – Shaun Murphy
2006 – Graeme Dott
2007 – John Higgins (2)
2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
2009 – John Higgins (3)
2010 – Neil Robertson
2011 – John Higgins (4)
2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
2014 – Mark Selby
2015 – Stuart Bingham
2016 – Mark Selby (2)
2017 – Mark Selby (3)
2018 – Mark Williams (3)
2019 – Judd Trump
2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
2021 – Mark Selby (4)
2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
2023 – Luca Brecel
2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
2 – Alex Higgins
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