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John Higgins: "I'm feeling confident about my game"

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Four-time world champion John Higgins hopes that he has hit form at just the right time, heading into snooker's showpiece tournament at The Crucible.

John Higgins has insisted that he feels mentally prepared heading into this year's Snooker World Championship, as he aims to land a fifth Crucible crown.

The 39-year-old, who last tasted success at the showpiece event back in 2011, has largely struggled for form since making his return to the sport following a high-profile suspension five years ago.

Having won the Welsh Open earlier this term, his first ranking title in two-and-a-half years, the Scotsman is now confident of ending his recent World Championship hoodoo in style over the next fortnight.

"I'm going to The Crucible in a better frame of mind this year than I have in the last few years. I'm feeling confident about my game," he told the Daily Record. "Mentally I feel in a lot better place than I have been in the last few years.

"I'm hitting the ball well and playing with confidence. It's been a tough couple of years but I felt something click at the Masters when I played Mark Allen. I played really well in that match and still lost but I felt good about the way I played and felt as if I'd turned the corner."

Higgins will get his campaign underway when he takes on qualifier Robert Milkins in the first round this afternoon.

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