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9-16 January 2011
Higgins - I Struggle With Wembley Atmosphere
John Higgins hopes to continue his hot streak of form at next week's Ladbrokes Mobile Masters - but admits that he finds the atmopshere at the London event intimidating.
The Scot has won 18 of his last 19 matches on the World Snooker Tour and captured the trophy at the 12BET.com UK Championship in December by beating Mark Williams 10-9 in a classic final.
Higgins is now looking ahead to snooker's most prestigious invitation tournament, which runs from January 9 to 16 at Wembley Arena. He has a mixed record in the event, having won it in 1999 and 2006 but lost nine times in the first round, including three of the last four years.
"I've always been overawed by the atmosphere at Wembley," said Higgins. "It's such a big arena and if you are playing badly it can be exaggerated. Even the two times I have won it, I have not played to a great standard - except the 2006 final when I beat Ronnie O'Sullivan."
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"I can't say I've got a terrible record because I've won it twice, but I've bombed out so many times in the first round. It's such a fabulous tournament and I would love to be able to play better there, but I've not often produced my best.
"I'm really looking forward to it this time because I'm high on confidence at the moment. I only played for a couple of days over Christmas, but I'm playing matches at the Championship League this week to get myself sharp."
Higgins' opening match in the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters will see him take on fellow Scot Graeme Dott on Monday, January 10 at 7pm.
"It will be a very tough match because Graeme's such a tenacious opponent," added Higgins. "I'll just try to play well and give myself a chance."
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