Stan Moody is 19 years old. John Higgins is 51 and has won the British Open four times. On Thursday, the teenager beat the veteran 4-2 in the last 16 at the British Open in Cheltenham.
According to BBC Sport, Moody reached the quarter-finals for the second successive year with a strong finish. He went up 1-0 and then 2-1, with Higgins leveling on each occasion. A break of 46 put Moody ahead 3-2. Then, with Higgins leading 61-0 in the sixth frame, Moody completed a clearance of 69 with a finish on the black to close out the match.
Moody, who is from Halifax, will next face fellow Englishman Liam Highfield in the quarter-finals. Highfield got past China's Long Zehuang 4-1 in the previous round.
Judd Trump also moved through with considerably less trouble, beating David Gilbert 4-0. Trump fired breaks of 118 and 105 in the final two frames.
Cheltenham's own Jack Lisowski won 4-1 over Lyu Haotian and will face Mark Selby on Friday. Selby, a four-time world champion, got past Ukraine's Iulian Boiko 4-2 to set up that match.
Wales' Jak Jones defeated Latvian Artemus Zizins 4-2. Northern Ireland's Aaron Hill beat Fan Zhengyi 4-0 to advance as well.
The quarter-finals are set for Friday in Cheltenham, with Moody's match against Highfield headlining the English contingent still in the draw.
