The final of the 2021 Snooker Scottish Open came to an end, with Brechel winning 9-5 Higgins.
Higgins and Brechel have met 5 times before, Brechel is in a clear disadvantage of 1 win and 4 losses, this time to meet in the final of the Scottish tournament, it is really not something that people think, especially Brechel, as a non-TOP16 player, he just reached the final of the British Championship, back to back to the final of the Scottish tournament, is also quite strong, it is not too much to say that it is a big dark horse.
This is the fourth time Higgins has reached the ranking final this season, but unfortunately he has finished runners-up in the first three times, and this time he definitely hopes to avoid the embarrassment of fourth place, of course, Brechel is also looking forward to winning the second ranking championship of his career (1 before) after losing the British Championship title. The final was a long-term system of 17 innings and 9 wins, which was a big test for both of them.
In the first stage, after playing eight sets, Higgins struggled to find the feel of beating O'Sullivan, Brechel played more and more smoothly, taking a 6-2 lead, and after the second stage came up, Brechel won two consecutive sets of 8-2 to get the match point, Higgins saved 3 consecutive match points in the next round, chasing 5-8, but Higgins left a chance in the fourteenth set fatal far platform mistake, Brechel won the game, 9-5.
After defeating Higgins to win the championship, Brechel returned to the TOP16 (also ranked in the top 16 before), he also held up the kissing trophy, happy to blossom, and won a 70,000 pound prize, congratulations to Brechel, congratulations to the post-90s!