<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UHigginson wanqoba umdlalo womdlalo wokuqala wokubekwa ohlwini okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2014 UK Championship ngokuqeda uMitchell Mann 41 e-2016 Indian Open, kodwa walahlekelwa 42 ku-Oliver Lines emzuliswaneni wesibili. UHigginson wafanelekela i-European Masters  <response>: ngokunqoba uStephen Maguire ngo-43 no-Ashley Hugill ngo-41 futhi wafika kuma-16 okugcina womcimbi ophelele wokubekwa okokuqala eminyakeni engaphezu kwemithathu ngokushayela uMarco Fu ngo-40, kodwa wabe eselahlekelwa ngo-40 kuJudd Trump. Wakhishwa ngo-6 kuya ku-5 ngemuva kokuphumelela ngo-5 kuya ku-2 kuJoe Perry emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-International Championship. Ngemuva kokukhipha uDavid Gilbert ngo-53 noRicky Walden ngo-54 eChina Open, uHigginson wayeseduze nokwenza ikota njengoba wayengu-43 ngaphambi kwenombolo eyodwa emhlabeni uMark Selby, kodwa waqhubeka nokulahlekelwa ngu-54. 