Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I arahina e ngā kaihautū toto mārō o Crucible, ko John Higgins rāua ko Graeme Dott, te whakaeke a Scotland i te Rātapu i te Petipeti o te Ao Betfred. Ko te toa toa e wha nga wa a Higgins i miharo ki te wikitoria 10-5 i te rauna tuatahi ki a Robert Milkins, a ka titiro ki te whakatata atu ki te ahua i kite ia i te taitara whakamutunga e wha tau ki muri. Ko te 39-tau-tau i pupuhi i nga waahi o te 77, 75, 69 me te 106 i te waahanga tuarua i a ia e rere ana ki te kaainga ki a Gloucester potter Milkins, nana nei i kawe te whakataetae i tua atu o tana waa ahiahi engari i tino paahitia. Ka tākaro a John Higgins i tana tukinga ki a Robert Milkins i te whakataetae Betfred World Championships. Ka mea a Milkins mo tana toa: 'Ka pai te tangata ki te patu i a ia i runga i taua puka. 'E tākaro ana ia i ngā mea tino pai. Ki taku whakaaro he pai taku mahi i te rima o aku anga.' Ko Dott, kaore i tohua i tenei tau, engari he tohu tohu tohu Crucible me te toa i te 2006, he toa 10-8 i mua i tana peia o Ricky Walden. Kua hoki mai a Higgins ki te taumata whakataetae whakataetae i tenei tau, ina koa i te tango i te taitara Welsh Open i te Hui-tanguru ki te whakamutu i te rua me te hawhe tau o te maroke nui. I kī nuitia e ia he wehi kua mutu ōna rā hei toa, engari e maia ana a Higgins ki te moemoea i tētahi taitara ao tuarima. Ka mea ia: 'Kei te ite ahau i te whakamarie me te whakapehapeha ki te patu i a Robert no te mea he kaitākaro kino ia. I mohio au kua ngaro aku whakataetae e whā whakamutunga ki a ia. 'I whakaaro ahau kua pai taku patu i te pōro. I ngaro ahau i ētahi, engari he pai ki ahau i roto i a rātou.' I te pātai tika mēnā he toa pea ia, ka mea tuatahi a Higgins: 'Kāore. He maha ake ngā kaitono kei waho. E mōhio ana pea au he aha te mea e hiahiatia ana hei wikitōria, engari he nui ake ngā kaitākaro e manakohia ana i ahau.' Engari kei reira tonu te hiahia, ā, e tino mōhio ana ia kei te titiro tonu ia ki te toa. I tāpiri a Higgins: 'He mea whakamiharo mēnā ka taea e au te wikitōria, ā, ka ōrite ki tētahi tangata pēnei i a Ronnie O'Sullivan i runga i ngā taitara e rima. He nui ake i aku moemoea tino poauau. Kei reira tonu te ahi. 'Kua whai au i ētahi po kore moe e whakaaro ana kāore au e hoki mai ki te porohita toa. He waimarie i puta i te Welsh Open, ā, nā tērā i whakaara ake ai ahau...
Ka hinga a John Higgins i a Robert Milkins 10-5 kia eke ki te rauna tuarua. E mea ana a Higgins e hiahia ana ia ki te whakataetae anō mō te taitara o te Ao. Engari e whakaae ana te 39-tau-tau he maha atu nga kaitakaro e manakohia ana. Ka whiua e Graeme Dott a Ricky Walden 10 ki te 8.