On 12 December 2021, the Scottish Open in Snooker is coming to an end, with John Scottish Open coming to an end. Higgins and Luca. Brechel competed for the title, and at the end of the first half Brechel took a 6-2 lead, he only needed to win three more sets, and Higgins's performance was really out of standard.
Higgins is ranked No. 7 in the world, has won 31 ranking championships in his career, the most recent to win this year's Players Championship, after the start of the new season, Higgins has reached the final three consecutive times and is runner-up, losing to post-80s players Trump, Robertson, Mark. Allen, O'Sullivan had five consecutive asians last season, and now it seems that Higgins is in a similar situation, and it is really too difficult to win the championship.
Luca. Brechel ranked 18th in the world, the only ranking champion from Belgium, just before the British Championship, he lost to the Chinese famous Zhao Xintong, missed the first crown of the three major competitions, Brechel has won a crown and two Asian, this is the fourth time to reach the final, the number of post-90s players who have won the championship is few, Brechel can reach the final back-to-back, proving that he still has a strong competitiveness.
The two sides have met 5 times in their careers, Higgins has an absolute advantage of 4 wins and 1 loss, Bretchell won that time or in the Champions League with low gold content, in the second round of this year's Northern Ireland Open, Higgins eliminated Brechel 4-2, Higgins's comprehensive strength is stronger, Brenchel is mainly offensive, defensive ability is average, but Higgins is old there, playing long games is indeed no young people to focus.
In the final, 9 wins in 17 innings, only eight innings were played in the first half, after the game began, Higgins was clearly out of shape, contrary to the previous performance against O'Sullivan, the two sides gave each other a big gift for various mistakes, Brechel took the lead 71-33, Higgins defended the ball in the second set, Brechel played a single shot 96 points and then won another set, and in the third set Brechel won the fight 61-8, Higgins felt nothing.
Neither of them performed very well, but Brechel played more consistently overall, Higgins failed to play a single 50+ on three chances, I don't know what's going on, as long as he has a problem in the final, Higgins played 91-0 many times in the fourth set to play 91-0 and also in color.
Back at halftime, Higgins only scored 21 points to interrupt the offense, Brechel played a single 61 points to extend the advantage, in the sixth set Higgins had a great opportunity, did not achieve a single shot to win, Brechel completed a 59-56 reversal, in the seventh set Brechel scored 42 points to interrupt the attack, Higgins seized the opportunity, played a single 70 points to chase back a set, Brechel stopped the loss in time, and blasted out a single shot of 104 points.
At the end of the first half, Brechel led Higgins 6-2 and won three more sets to win the title, and Higgins was unlikely to reverse.