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On February 11, the semifinals of the fifth group of the 2024** Croatian Champions League continued, and Higgins blasted 147 in a key battle, defeating Chinese player Fan Zhengyi 3-2 and entering the fifth group final.
In the first game of this game, Higgins played well with a hot hand, and he blasted 147, which instantly detonated the atmosphere of the whole court. It was his ninth 147 of the season and the 13th of his career, and Higgins became the oldest player to shoot a perfect score.
In the second game, Fan Zhengyi was not affected by Higgins' 147 perfect score, he took advantage of Higgins' mistake to score a 68 and won the second game 69-16, and the two sides drew 1-1.
In the third game, Fan Zhengyi continued to feel good, he scored 139 points in a single stroke, and won 139-0 clean against Higgins, 2-1, Fan Zhengyi took the lead and took the lead to get the match point.
In the fourth game, Fan Zhengyi took the lead and scored 33 points after the attack was interrupted, and then Higgins grabbed the upper hand and scored 76 points in a single stroke, winning 76-33, 2-2, and the two sides entered the deciding game.
In the decisive game, Higgins took the lead, although there was a mistake in the middle, but Fan Zhengyi did not find a good opportunity to attack, and finally Higgins scored 66 points in a single stroke and sealed Fan Zhengyi 97-0.
3-2, Higgins reversed Fan Zhengyi to advance to the fifth group final.
Higgins continued in the final after that, beating Rich Wharton 3-2 to move out of Group 5 and advance to the title bracket.
Fan Zheng, who lost in the semi-finals.
1. Will be placed in Group 6 with Barry Hawkins, Rich Wharton, and Kyren Wilson, who will continue to compete in the Champions League, and expect Fan Zhengyi to stand out and finally advance to the championship group.
So far, a total of five players have advanced to the championship group, namely the five group winners Bingham, Wakelin, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Higgins.