John Higgins admits that a poor run of results at the UK Championship leaves him expecting the worst when games go close in York.

The Wizard of Wishaw is a three-time UK champion, so it seems absurd to suggest he has a poor record in the event, but recent years have been underwhelming for him at the Barbican.

The last of his three triumphs came in 2010 and since then he has not been beyond the quarter-finals of the UK Championship and hasn’t been to the last eight since 2019.

He gets his latest campaign underway on Saturday evening against Ben Woollaston and admits he struggles to get excited to go to a venue where he has struggled for wins.

‘I wouldn’t go as strong as to say dreading it, but it’s a tournament that doesn’t really get me excited, because I’ve had so many poor performanc

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