On December 13, 2021, the Snooker Scottish Open was born a new champion, luca from Belgium after the 90s. Brechel was strong, beating four-time World Champion John Blanc 9-5. Higgins, who won the second ranking championship of his career and won one championship and one runner-up in two consecutive ranking matches, Higgins suffered four consecutive asian championships in a single season and is about to equal O'Sullivan's record.
The two have a career record, Higgins has the advantage, Brechel has never won Higgins in the rankings, this year Higgins won the championship in the Players' Championship against O'Sullivan, but this season he has reached the final three times in a row, all of which are lost to post-80s players to get runners-up, compared to the overall strength, Higgins is too balanced, Brechel is more focused on offense, the two sides are completely different styles.
In the final, 9 wins in 17 innings, Brechel led Higgins 6-2 in the first half, Brechel won 71-33 in the first set, Brechel scored a single 96 points in the second set to win another set, Brechel beat piecemeal 61-8 in the third set, Higgins also took a 91-0 lead in the fourth set, Brechel led 3-1, and came back from halftime, Brechel scored a single shot 61 points to win the fifth set 69-21.
Higgins did not grasp the advantage in the sixth set, Brechel cleared the stage 59-56 to complete the reversal, in the seventh set Brechel scored 46 points to interrupt the attack, Higgins played a single 70 points to chase back a set, and in the eighth Set Brechel blasted a single 104 points to end the first half.
Higgins' state improved in the second half, but he was too far behind, Higgins took the lead in the ninth inning, only scored 27 points to interrupt the attack, Brechel was full of momentum, seized the opportunity to play a single 79 points, in the 10th set Brechel played a single 29 points to turn into defense, Higgins made a mistake, Brechel played a single 64 points to win another set, 8-2 to get the match point.
Higgins then saved a match point 97-5, higgins scored a single 73 points in the 12th set to win another set, and in the 13th set Higgins scored a single shot 53 points to win 62-25, chasing 5-8, And Brechel completed a one-shot break to lock in the victory.
The final process is too fast, Higgins's performance is out of standard, and the previous game against O'Sullivan is completely two people, 26-year-old Brachel won the ranking championship after four years, for him now, this is a new beginning, although he failed to qualify for the Masters, but the World Grand Prix, the Players Championship, the Tour Championship, he has determined the participation seat, and has gained a lot recently.
Brechel set three records, becoming the first post-90s player to win the local series championship, the first Belgian player to win the ranking championship twice, the fourth post-90s player to win the ranking championship twice, with the outstanding performance of the Scottish Open champion and the British Championship runner-up, Brechel returned to the top sixteen, while the single-season ranking rose to second place, second only to Zhao Xintong.