JOHN HIGGINS survived a funny tummy sparked by too many Chinese HOT POTS as he showed off his hot-potting on the table!
The Wizard of Wishaw, 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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Jet-lagged Higgins dropped into KFC when he arrived in the country[/caption]
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Since touching down in China, the world No.13 has been enjoying nights out at local restaurants after being spotted in a chicken takeaway earlier this week.
But he’s been indulging in local cuisine ever since – including 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!
“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.
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