In the first stage of the world snooker Scottish Open final, which just ended on December 13, 2021 Beijing time, "Wizard" John Higgins opened the first round of the championship against Belgian talent Luca Brechel. As soon as the game began, Brechel won three consecutive sets with a single 96 points and a superb ability to seize opportunities and ensured that he had a 3-1 lead before the end of the first half. After the game entered the second half, Brechel was still the dominant side. After eight innings, Brechel temporarily led Higgins 6-2. Next, the two sides will start the final battle for the championship in the early morning.
Brechel led Higgins 3-1 in three straight sets
In this game, neither man started out in better form, but Brechel was still better than Higgins. In the first set, Brechel scored 71 points on several occasions and won the game 71-33 to take a 1-0 lead. As the game moved into the second set, Brechel played a fiery hand, and single-handedly blasted a good performance of 96 points to take a 2-0 lead with a 96-0 clean sheet. In the third set, Brechel again seized on Higgins' mistakes to score 61 points with a scattered offense and won the game 61-8 to take a 3-0 lead over Higgins to extend the advantage to three innings. In the fourth set, Higgins finally managed to score 91 points and win the game 91-0 with multiple mobile phone games, thus falling behind Brechel 1-3.
Higgins are in a slump 1-5 behind Brechel
After a short 15-minute break, the game moved into the second half. In the fifth inning, Brechel scored the first combination ball to get a mobile session, but he was then sent to a seven-point penalty for scoring a pink ball while hitting a black ball, and he also left Higgins with a right bottom pocket for the upper mobile session. Higgins scored the red ball, but he made a mistake after just 14 points and led Brechel 21-1. Brechel then scored a red ball to take a 61-point lead over Higgins to defend with 61 points. Higgins made an offensive mistake, and Brechel played again and eventually won the set 69:21 to give Higgins a 4-1 lead. In the sixth set, After Brechel troubled 1 point, the defense made a mistake, and Higgins scored a red ball from the far table to successfully play and score 31 points. Brechel scored a red ball and scored 24 points. Although Higgins then had a mobile session, the mistake of the key ball allowed Brechel to win the game 59-56 to take a 5-1 lead over Higgins to take advantage of the four sets.
Brechel took a 6-2 lead over Higgins to get the lead
As the game moved into the seventh inning, Higgins still chose a more adventurous style of play, and this style of play also cost him. He made a mistake in his first attempt to attack, Brechel scored a red ball and successfully won the mobile phone meeting, and after scoring 42 points, he was forced to choose a simple defense. Higgins defensively misplayed, Brechel tried to attack the mistake, Higgins scored a red ball and scored a 70-point shot to win the game 76-46, thus trailing Brechel 2-5. In the eighth set, Higgins made the first mistake, Brechel successfully scored the red ball, and won the game with 104 points to take a 6-2 lead over Higgins. Next, the two players will start the final championship battle at three o'clock in the morning. As it stands, Brechel is only one step away from winning the title, and Higgins is likely to win the runner-up trophy again.