This Sunday, Ding Junhui beat reigning world champion John Higgins in the UK Championship final and the snooker world was slightly shocked.

Last night, Higgins faced defeat once again, this time to a less obvious player. Reanne Evans, one of the world’s finest female snooker players came out victorious in this year’s battle of the sexes, or shall we say sixes, against Higgins in the 6 Red World Championship.

Evans, who has a daughter from a previous relationship with world top 16 player Mark Allen, has been dominating the women’s snooker scene for a while. She won the match against Higgins 4-3 with a 51 break, which is quite high considering the format. Before beating Higgins, Evans defeated Aaron Doran 4-1 and will most likely move on to the second round. Fans of women’s snooker are excited over these results and believe that she might even have a chance on the pro tour.

The 6 Red World Championship is being played between the 15th and 18th of December in Killarney. The event is sponsored by 888sport.com and 130 players from all over the world will be participating.

In 6-red snooker, also known as Super 6s, only six red balls are used. Aside from that, the rules are the same as in regular snooker. The format was invented to speed up the game and make each frame shorter with the intention of increasing the popularity of the sport.

One of the organisers of the tournament is Irish snooker star and former world champion, Ken Doherty. He started off yesterday by beating John McBride 4-1. Another legend who’s participating in the championship is the notorious but still very respected Alex “Hurricane” Higgins, who won the World Championship in 1972 and 1982. His didn’t get quite as good a start as Doherty as he lost his opening match 4-0 to Alex O’Donoghue.

The 6 Red World Championship will be decided on Friday and €10,000 in prize money awaits the winner.