Higgins in clean sweep of first session with Wilson

Scotland's John Higgins won his Crucible crowns in 1998, 2007, 2009 and 2011

Four-time world champion John Higgins produced a vintage display to establish an 8-0 lead over England's Kyren Wilson in the World Championship second round.

The world number 11 also produced breaks of 77, 57 and 80 in Sheffield.

His performance stunned the 31-year-old - who scored just 149 points in eight frames - and took Higgins within touching distance of the last eight.

Higgins, last a Crucible title-winner in 2011, needs to win five more frames on Sunday evening to secure a 17th quarter-final berth in snooker's premier event with a session to spare.

Higgins started as he went on, with a 136 break which he followed up with a run of 131.

He led 4-0 at the mid-session interval following breaks of 57 and 77, with Wilson having no answer to his slick potting.

Further breaks of 134 and 80 saw Higgins close out the session in style to leave his opponent with a mountain to climb.

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