Liam Highfield unfazed by injury, illness and tour survival: ‘I just love snooker’ [Video]

‘The oddest thing about playing sport is when people ask you how the snooker’s going before they ask you how you are. I struggle with that. It’s strange. It’s like, is that before me?’

Liam Highfield has been through a lot in his career so far, but his outlook on the game is refreshing, loving snooker more than ever, while recognising that it is actually not the be-all and end-all.

The 33-year-old has had something of a nightmare season, breaking his wrist in the summer and finding himself at World Championship qualifying needing to win three matches to retain the professional status he has held since 2010.

‘It still isn’t perfect now, I broke my wrist in September so it’s been a long time,’ Highfield told Metro.

‘I was on an e-scooter, coming back from practice, I was flyingdown the road and someone jumped out at me, I tried to …