On December 12, the final of the Scottish Open of the World Snooker Tour was staged, and the local star "Wizard" Higgins faced Belgian adept Brechel, and the two performed well in the first stage of the 8-set competition, the Belgian performed well, playing a 1-shot break, 2 par 60+, leading Higgins 6-2, only 3 sets away from the championship. The two-man second-stage battle will continue at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 13, and Higgins' fourth runner-up of the season in the game is probably doomed. For Brechel, to make up for the regret of losing to Zhao Xintong in the British Championship a week ago depends on the second stage of play.
The Scottish Open, the third of the four major tournaments in the local series, although the championship prize money is only 70,000 pounds, but because it is related to the ticket to the Grand Prix in a week, all professional players are quite important. As the tournament progresses, the final to the final is two familiar faces, Scotland's homegrown Higgins, after the Northern Ireland Open, the English Open and the crown, the fourth major tournament of the season to advance to the final, he will be the 32nd ranking champion. Belgian star Brechel, after the British Championship, reached the final back-to-back, impacting his second ranking championship.
Judging from the previous two-man record, Higgins is 4 wins and 1 loss to maintain an absolute advantage, especially the most recent meeting of the season was in the second round of the Northern Ireland Open, when Higgins won 4-2. But as Brechel reached the final at the British Championship and played quite well on the way to the top, it further boosted his self-confidence and extended his good form to the Scottish Open, directly staged a back-to-back performance to reach the final of the ranking tournament. In the showdown with Higgins, Brechel is a backwater battle, looking forward to achieving a breakthrough and making up for the regrets of the British Championship.
The first set of the two was a protracted battle, Brechel won the last minute, Brechel scored a single shot of 96 points in the second set, winning two consecutive sets to lead, and continued to achieve small points in the third set to take a 3-0 lead. In the final set of the first half, Higgins finally stopped the decline and won the first set, falling behind 1-3 into the rest. After restarting, Brechel scored a 61 points in a single shot to achieve a super point, continued to extend the lead, and the sixth set was 59-56 in a single set, with a narrow advantage of 3 points, leading 5-1 in the big score. In the seventh inning, Higgins scored 70 points to return to the set, trailing 2-5. In the final set of the first stage, Brechel directly staged a hundred good plays, single 104 points of clean sheets, to achieve a 6-2 lead, the championship is only 3 wins away. The second stage of the two-person match will be played at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 13.