On December 12, the Scottish Open of the World Snooker Tour will be contested for the final, and the local star "Wizard" Higgins will meet with Belgian Brechel to compete for the championship. Both delivered big wins in the semi-finals, with Higgins winning 6-1 against old rival O'Sullivan, especially four innings of a clean sheet. Brechel, on the other hand, advanced to the final in two consecutive ranking matches after the last British Championship, and he also defeated McGill 6-1 in the semi-finals. Two players who are in good shape will compete for the ultimate championship, which is expected.
Higgins, who is already 46 years old, can be described as the older the more demon! Starting from the 2018 World Championships, it has reached the final for three consecutive years, but in the end, it is regrettable to lose the game and gain three consecutive Asian games. This year, he reached the final of six tournaments, but in the previous five races, he had won only one championship and lost all four others. In this season's local series, the Northern Ireland Open, the English Open, and now the Scottish Open, Higgins has all entered the final, the first two times lost to Mark Allen and Robertson, failed to achieve his wish, this Time Scottish Open, he is eager to realize his dream and achieve the breakthrough of the 32nd crown in the individual ranking competition.
The 26-year-old Belgian star Brechel, in the last british championship, played a long-lost state and feel, and entered the final in one fell swoop, but in the end, facing The Chinese supernova Zhao Xintong, he lost 5-10 and missed the championship. Perhaps it was the excellent feel at the British Championship that made him play self-confidence, so in the back-to-back Scottish Open, he continued the previous fiery feel, winning consecutive victories, and finally reached the final back-to-back. For Brechel, who has won the Chinese Championship before, when will he be able to break the championship drought, and he is also very eager to realize his dream at the Scottish Open.
From 2013 to 2021, the two have met 5 times, Higgins has an advantage of 4 wins and 1 loss, and The only game that Brechel won was in the Champions League group stage of the non-ranking tournament, but at that time, Brechel scored the first full score of his career in the third set of the game, which can be described as a rather morale boost. The two last met in the second round of the Northern Ireland Open in October, when Higgins won 4-2. Therefore, from the perspective of the hand-to-hand record, Higgins has a greater winning side, and If Brechel wants to achieve a breakthrough, he needs to come up with a higher level of state to have a chance. According to the schedule, the final will use a 17-game, 9-win system, with the first phase of 8 innings at 9 p.m. Beijing time on December 12, and the remaining up to 9 innings at 3 a.m. tomorrow.