HIGGINS STILL IN THE HUNT FOR TITLE No 5

FOUR-TIME world champion John Higgins is through to the World Championship quarter-finals after seeing off Stuart Bingham 13-11 last night. And Ali Carter won six straight frames to beat Zhou Yuelong 13-9. The two-time finalist, who has twice beaten cancer and suffers from Crohn’s Disease, had trailed 9-7. On a day of comebacks in Sheffield, Judd Trump won six on the spin to beat Ding Junhui 13-9. Kyren Wilson made back-to-back centuries to seal a 13-11 win over Barry Hawkins. Quarter-finals — A Carter v G Wilson; J Trump v S Maguire; K Wilson v D Gilbert; J Higgins v N Robertson.