John Higgins suffered a shock first-round defeat to an amateur player in his home tournament, the Scottish Open, at Ravenscraig Sports facility in Motherwell yesterday.
Higgins, four-times a world champion and the pre-tournament favourite, was beaten 4-3 by Jordan Brown, a 25-year-old unknown from Northern Ireland.
The Wishaw player missed the black at the end of the fifth frame and Brown potted it to lead 3-2. From Brown's break-off shot in the sixth, Higgins made a 91 break to force a decider but his highest break in the last was just 14 as he made a meek exit.
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