Ka taƙaita labarin:  'Yan tseren tseren John Higgins da Graeme Dott sun jagoranci tawagar 'yan Scotland a ranar Lahadi a gasar cin kofin duniya ta Betfred. Higgins mai nasara sau hudu ya burge tare da nasara 10-5 a zagaye na farko kan Robert Milkins, kuma ya yi kama da kusanci da siffar da ya ga ya dauki taken shekaru hudu da suka gabata. Dan wasan mai shekaru 39 ya buga kashi 77, 75, 69 da kuma 106 a karo na biyu yayin da ya yi nasara a gida a kan Gloucester potter Milkins, wanda ya dauki wasan bayan hutun maraice amma ya yi nasara sosai. John Higgins ya buga wasan ne a lokacin da yake karawa da Robert Milkins a gasar cin kofin duniya ta Betfred. Milkins ya ce game da wanda ya ci nasara: 'Zai ɗauki mutum mai kyau ya doke shi a wannan tsari. 'Yana wasa da abubuwa masu kyau. Ina tsammanin na yi kyau in sami hotuna biyar.' Dott, wanda ba a sa shi ba a wannan shekara amma ya tabbatar da aikin aji na Crucible da zakara a 2006, ya kasance mai nasara 10-8 a baya yayin da ya fitar da Ricky Walden. Higgins ya sake dawowa zuwa matakin gasa a wannan shekara, musamman wajen karɓar taken Welsh Open a watan Fabrairu don kawo ƙarshen babban fari na shekara biyu da rabi. A fili ya bayyana tsoron kwanakin sa a matsayin mai nasara sun ƙare, amma Higgins yana da ƙarfin hali don yin mafarki na taken duniya na biyar. Ya ce: 'Ina jin dadi da alfahari da na doke Robert saboda shi dan wasa ne mai hadari. Na san cewa ya ci mini wasa huɗu na ƙarshe. 'Na yi tunanin na buga kwallon da kyau. Na rasa 'yan kaɗan amma na ji daɗi a cikinsu.' Da aka tambaye shi kai tsaye ko shi zakara ne mai yuwuwa, Higgins da farko ya ce: 'A'a. Akwai ƙarin masu fafatawa a waje. Wataƙila na san abin da ake buƙata don cin nasara amma akwai 'yan wasan da aka fi so fiye da ni.' Amma sha'awar tana nan, kuma babu shakka ya mai da hankali ga cin nasara. Higgins ya kara da cewa: 'Zai zama abin al'ajabi idan zan iya lashe shi kuma in daidaita da wani kamar Ronnie O'Sullivan a kan lakabi biyar. Wannan ya wuce mafarkina. Wutar har yanzu tana nan. 'Na yi 'yan dare na rashin barci ina tunanin ba zan sake komawa cikin masu nasara ba. Abin farin ciki ya faru ne a gasar Welsh Open kuma hakan ya ba ni kwarin gwiwa....
John Higgins ya doke Robert Milkins 10-5 don shiga zagaye na biyu. Higgins ya ce zai so ya sake fafatawa a gasar cin kofin duniya. Amma dan wasan mai shekaru 39 ya yarda akwai'yan wasa da yawa da aka fi so. Graeme Dott ya kashe Ricky Walden 10 zuwa 8.