Today’s #Masters final between John Higgins & Yan Bingtao could be a cracker - & also a seminal moment in #Snooker history. Higgins is 45, he turned pro in ’92, & he’s won 4 world championships & 30 ranking titles. He was born in Wishaw, Scotland, then a coal & steel town. (1/3) 
Yan, 20, was born 8 years after Higgins turned pro, & has already won a ranking title (2019 #RigaMasters). He’s from Zibo, a city of 4.5 million inhabitants & the birthplace of ancient Chinese Qi culture. Today, China is where #Snooker is growing fastest, & by some margin. (2/3)
Who’ll win? My money is on Higgins, whose long experience of big tournament finals will be hard to beat, but let me put it this way: I wouldn’t be too surprised if, by the time Yan is Higgins’ age, he’ll have won more than 30 ranking titles. He’s that good. Attaboy! (3/3)
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