In the final of the World Snooker Scottish Open, which just ended in the early morning of December 13, 2021, Beijing time, Brechel, ranked 18th in the world, defeated "The Wizard" John Higgins 9-5 with a superb performance of 104 points, 96 points, 61 points, 79 points and 64 points to win the first championship of the season, which is also Brechel finally won the championship trophy after reaching the finals in a row this season. Higgins, on the other hand, has been unsuccessful in reaching the final four times this season, making him the runner-up to the top of the ranking tournament to date, becoming a veritable runner-up king.
Brechel firepower went all-in to take a 6-2 lead over Higgins
In the first stage of the match between the two sides, Higgins' form can be described as very low. Brechel took the lead with a 96-pointer and multiple pick-up opportunities to take a 3-0 lead in three consecutive sets 71-33, 96-0 and 61-8. In the fourth set, Higgins kept a 91-0 clean sheet with Brechel trailing 1-3. Brechel then scored 61 points to give Higgins a 5-1 lead in two consecutive sets at 69-21 and 59-56. Entering the seventh inning, Higgins finally played a good game, and he won the game 76-46 with a single shot of 70 points to fall behind Brechel 2-5. In the eighth inning, Brechel scored a 104-point clean sheet higgins to take a 6-2 lead.
Brechel beat Higgins 9-5 to win the title
After entering the second stage of the game, Brechel's performance was still very good. In the ninth inning, Higgins scored 27 points and went wrong, and Brechel scored 79 points at 79:27 to take a 7-2 lead over Higgins. In the 10th set, Brechel scored 64 points to win the game 98-0 to take an 8-2 lead over Higgins. In the 11th set, Higgins trailed Brechel 3-8 by winning the game 97-5 on multiple mobile games. In the 12th set, Brechel scored 17 points and Higgins scored 73 points at 73:17 to win the game and fall behind Brechel 3-8. In the 13th set, Higgins scored 53 points and won the game 62:25 to close the gap to three sets after trailing Brechel 5-8. In the 14th inning, Brechel single-handedly scored 127 points and won the game 128-0 to win the game to beat Higgins 9-5 to win the championship.
Higgins' aging allowed himself to win four consecutive times
Since entering the season, Higgins has reached the final four times and finished runners-up four times. I have to say that in the face of the years, no one can put themselves out of it. As he grew older, Higgins was no longer able to compete with young players for the title trophy. Bretchell wasn't in particularly good form in the first half of the game, but Higgins offered him too many opportunities. So even if the score has reached 6-2, it is not surprising, because the score could have been stretched a little bigger. But objectively speaking, four consecutive asians in a single season is not an embarrassment, it is more like an affirmation of the efforts of old players. The fact that young players are often able to win championships also shows that snooker is not an older sport, and that older players have no way to compete with young players in long-term games. This is an objective fact and a natural law of competitive sports. Players like Higgins and O'Sullivan can still keep fighting, but they have no dominance anymore. The replacement of the old and new in the stage has been completed, and the era of old players is destined to become a page in the history of the past.