<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Higgins akatamba Ronnie OSullivan mumutambo wokupedzisira uye akanga ari 54 pasi pashure pechikamu chokutanga, asi akadzoka kuzotora matanhatu emakamuri masere anotevera ndokukunda zita rake rechipiri muvhiki. Mumutambo wechipiri weNorthern Ireland Open akaita 147 yechisere yebasa rake uye akawanawo mabhureki e137 ne130 mukukunda 4-1 pamusoro paSam Craigie. Higgins akamanikidza chimiro chekusarudza mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eUK Championship mushure mekunge adarika Selby 30, asi akarasikirwa nayo. Akavhara 2016 nekurova OSullivan 52 mumakota ekupedzisira eScottish Open  <response>: uye ipapo akadzoka kubva pa51 pasi kuna Judd Trump kuti akunde semi-fainari 65. Akavhura mutambo wekupedzisira naMarco Fu aine mazana matatu uye akavaka 41 kutungamira, asi akarasikirwa nemafuremu masere mumutsara kuti akundwe 94. Higgins akahwina mukombe weChampions League nekukunda Ryan Day 30 mumutambo wekupedzisira. 