The 6 Red World Championship continues as we’re approaching the final on Friday. One of the more successful players has to be Stephen Hendry who so far has beaten Itaro Santos, Shea Brereton and Lucky Vatnani. He also beat Irishman Patrick Lally 4-0 and made it to the next round.

Just as John Higgins was beginning to get over the fact that he was beaten by the women’s world champion Reanne Evans, he lost to young upcoming star Adiyta Mehta from India. Higgins has, however, advanced to the next round.

John’s namesake, Alex Higgins, quickly recovered from the loss against Alex O’Donoghue and beat Jim Stewart 4-0.

All the 25 professional players participating in 6 Red have now qualified for the knockout phase. Most of them seem to appreciate the different format of 6-red snooker. The reason why some of the pros seem to have a hard time winning matches is that there is hardly any room for mistakes. One miss is very likely to cost you the frame. That way it seems more random but it’s also faster and more intense, which organisers hope will attract new fans.