Higgins eyeing more world titles

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The 33-year-old Scot beat Shaun Murphy 18-9 in a one-sided final of the Betfred.com World Championship on Monday and only Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis and Ray Reardon have won more than titles in the modern era.

"Playing at that level I can win one or two," he said. "I don't think I'm going to decline rapidly in the next two or three years. They'll be my best opportunities. These are going to be important years for me."

Higgins came from 12-10 behind to beat Jamie Cope 13-12 in the second round, and from 12-11 down to defeat Mark Selby 13-12 in the quarter-finals, before fending off a determined fightback from Mark Allen in the semi-finals.

"I've beaten four people who in the next two or three years could be the top four players in the world," Higgins said. "That's how highly I rate them."

During the match against Cope, the pair had to return to their dressing rooms with the score at 12-12 after a spectator collapsed.

Higgins returned to pot a long red and embark on the break which carried him to victory.

"That could just have been the turning point of the whole championship," Higgins said.

"I went back to my dressing room and knew I was left with a certain shot. I had a good look at the red and knew it was a really tough one. And that was the red which probably won me this championship.

"That probably gave me that bit of belief that I could go on and win it."