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Higgins books final berth

Scotland's John Higgins survived a major Crucible scare to reach the Betfred.com World Championship final and end Mark Allen's magnificent run.

Higgins had been 13-3 ahead at one stage on Friday, needing just four more frames for victory, but Allen got back to 15-12.

The Northern Irishman could not complete the recovery though, with Higgins going through a 17-13 winner to face Shaun Murphy or Neil Robertson.