At 21:00 On December 12, 2021 and 3:00 on December 23, 2021, the final of the World Snooker Scottish Open will be contested in two stages. Higgins, who beat O'Sullivan 6-1 in the semi-finals, will fight for the title with Brechel, who beat McGill 6-1. If Higgins succeeds in winning the title, he will set his ranking titles to 32. If Brechel can succeed in winning the title, he will break the championship drought of his own. If Higgins becomes runner-up, he will finish fourth of his season, and if Brechel wins second, he will also refresh his runner-up title.
Higgins is one step away from the 32nd title in the rankings
"Wizard" John Higgins has been in excellent form since entering the season. However, his experience of consecutive post-80s players in the game has left him with only three finals with the title of runner-up. And his performance also allowed him to surpass Hendry and O'Sullivan as the king of the ranking runner-up with the most titles in the ranking competition. After a series of setbacks, Higgins even bluntly said that he was no longer able to compete at the top level. However, higgins proved to be expected to change his predicament in the final of the Scottish Open. After all, his opponent is no longer the post-80s crowd, but Brechel, who is currently inexperienced.
Brechel is expected to win his first title of the new season
Since the Beginning of the British Championship, Brechel's performance has shown obvious signs of recovery, and the performance of reaching the final of two consecutive ranking matches undoubtedly confirms this momentum. Wilson's performance in defeating the first man after the 90s in the British Championship is still impressive, and if he can maintain such firepower in the final of this tournament, I think Higgins will definitely not be able to withstand that performance. In terms of the stability of the current game, Higgins is performing better than Brechel. But the problem is that Brechel has not yet played a good competitive performance in this tournament, which means that he is likely to have an outbreak in the final. If that were the case, Higgins would probably be runner-up again. And at that moment, he may be just one step away from O'Sullivan's single-season five Asia. So the final is up to Brechel to see if he can play his nerve knife, and if he can't, he may usher in his second runner-up of the season.
Brechel has a better chance of winning the title than Higgins
Higgins led Brechel 4-1 in the record of higgins and Brechel, but the two have yet to meet in a real final and long-term match. So it's a fresh start, but according to the law that a better performer before the final would lose, Higgins is likely to be the one who lost the game. But no matter who wins or loses, Higgins and Brechel are bound to fight for their honor. If this final can be won, it will help Higgins regain confidence. If he loses, he will most likely never win the title again. It's also very important for Brechel, but the difference is that even if Brechel loses, he is still very young and he will have a lot of time to fight for honor. So in terms of pros and cons, Higgins is under more pressure than Brechel, because he still has many opportunities in the future. But that's not the case with Higgins, whose opportunities only get less and less as he gets older. So Brechel can go light, and Higgins may need to carry a heavy burden, after all, he has lost three finals this season. So Brechel or let Higgins dream of the final again.