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Wed 05 May 2007Higgins fails to make the most of early chancesSnooker/ World Championship: John Higgins, the 1998 champion, was the more disappointed with the overnight 4-4 scoreline after the first of the three sessions of his World Championship quarter-final against Ronnie O'Sullivan after he had failed to capitalise on a lead of 3-1.Fifteen months ago Higgins produced an outstanding 64 clearance to pip O'Sullivan 10-9 on the final black to win the Masters at Wembley, but only now, after a season in which he has only once been a semi-finalist, does he again appear a contender for a title.