John Higgins believes Jack Lisowski is unfortunate to be playing in the current era (Image: GETTY)
Snooker legend believes Jack Lisowski would have won multiple ranking titles by now if he was born in a different era.Lisowski is still searching for his big breakthrough, having lost all six of his ranking finals where he has come up against the likes of Judd Trump, Neil Robertson and Mark Selby.His efforts to win a ranking title have not been helped by the standard of competition, which Higgins believes is the highest it has ever been.
Lisowski is still waiting to win his first ranking title despite appearing in six finals (Image: GETTY)
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Speaking to , the 49-year-old suggested that Lisowski would have thrived in a previous era, saying: “Listen, Jack should have been born 30 years ago and he’d be sat on ten ranking titles by now.
“I was speaking to Jack and the amount of breaks people are making now, that was unheard of even when I was at the top of the game.”Back then there were only a handful on players, five or six, who were capable of doing that. Now it’s 30 or 40 people. It’s tough being a professional snooker player now.”Higgins is adamant that Lisowski will eventually have at least one ranking title to his name, tipping the 33-year-old to win multiple trophies once the first is under his belt.”It will happen for guys like Jack,” added Higgins. “He’s just got to keep believing because he’s got the game and got the talent. The door will open for someone like that and when it does happen the floodgates will start.”
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A changing of the guard may soon be on the horizon, with many established stars approaching the twilight of their careers. Higgins, however, believes it could be another decade before things start to open up for younger players.”I think in the next ten years the Class of ’92 will be past it, but I’m sure the other boys will be competing and new rivalries will be made,” he said.”I think guys like [Mark] Selby and [Neil] Robertson and [Shaun] Murphy in the band behind me age wise get easily overlooked. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way. People think the Class of ’92 and then guys like Judd [Trump] and Kyren [Wilson].”You’ve got three guys there who are among the best to ever pick up a cue and I know because I’ve played them at their best. They’re incredible.”For them to still be winning, competing and winning big titles, they’re unbelievable players. Then you’ve got the next brigade of players of Judd, Kyren and Jack Lisowski’s due a win.”