John Higgins has defeated Michael Holt 6-3 in the first round of the UK Snooker Championship 2012.
The three-time champion won three frames in a row to pick up the win after the players shared the first six frames.
"I think I'm still good enough to compete for the next few years," BBC Sport quotes Higgins as saying after his victory.
"Judd is going to be at the top of the game for the next 10 years, easy, so it's up to myself to try to stay there and produce better form.
"Not being big-headed, but it will happen in more tournaments than not. If I put the work in, I'll come through and do pretty decent."
In some of the day's other results, Ryan Day knocked out Ding Junhui with a shock 6-4 win, Barry Hawkins qualified for the second round with a 6-4 triumph over Liang Wenbo and Mark Selby beat Michael White 6-3.
