In the semi-finals and finals of the World Snooker Champions League, which just ended on February 5, 2022, Beijing time, "Wizard" John Higgins won three consecutive sets with a single score of 56 points and 76 points and defeated Yan Bingtao 3-2 and then successfully met with Bingham, who scored 76 points and 65 points to beat Liang Wenbo 3-2. In the final, Higgins' performance was outstanding. He won the title with a 3-2 run of 110 points by scoring 50, 82 and 88 points. This is also higgins' second victory after 11 months.
Higgins fired at full swing to reverse Yan Bingtao 3-2
In the Champions League semi-finals, Higgins was challenged by Chinese player Yan Bingtao, but he was eliminated by his opponents in three consecutive sets with a 2-0 lead. In the first set, Yan Bingtao took the lead in playing a fiery state and directly blasted a single shot of 135 points before determining to take a 1-0 lead after winning the set 135:1. In the second set, Yan Bingtao won another set 77:46 and continued to lead Higgins 2-0. However, the game changed after the third set. The game went into the third set, and Higgins single-handedly scored 56 points to win the game 89:20, thus trailing Yan Bingtao 1-2. In the fourth set, Higgins scored 76 points and then won the game 93-14 to draw 2-2 with Yan Bingtao. In the fifth set, Higgins successfully advanced to the final by staging a single-set kill 73:64 on the mobile phone several times to reverse Yan Bingtao 3-2.
Bingham was in good shape to beat Liang Wenbo 3-2
In the match between Bingham and Liang Wenbo, both men maintained a good competitive state. In the first set, Bingham took the lead in winning the set to take a 1-0 lead. In the second set, Bingham scored 76 points and then won the game 83-12 to draw 1-1 with Liang Wenbo. In the third set, Bingham scored 37 points and made a mistake, Liang Wenbo scored a red ball and blasted 91 points before winning the set 91-37 to trail Bingham 1-2. In the fourth set, Liang Wenbo singled out 50 points and won the game 88-29 to draw 2-2 with Bingham to usher in a double match point. In the fifth set, Bingham scored a 65-point clean sheet against Liang Wenbo to successfully reach the final of the tournament. And he will also have one of his biggest nemesis, Higgins, and this player is almost no different for Bingham than playing O'Sullivan.
Higgins defeated Bingham 3-2 to win the title
After the game reached the final, Higgins and Bingham, a former rival, once again reached the final competition, and then the final was finally declared with Higgins' victory. In the first set, Higgins scored a 50-pointer to win the game 84-6 to take a 1-0 lead over Bingham. In the second set, Higgins scored 82 points and then won the game 83-28 to continue his lead at Bingham 2-0. The game moved into the third set, with Bingham losing the game 59-2 on multiple mobile games to make it 1-2 behind Higgins. In the fourth set, Bingham finally played a very hot competitive state, and the performance of a single shot of 110 points directly cleaned Higgins to usher in a double match point with a big score of 2-2. In the fifth inning, Bingham had a chance to end the game, but he made a mistake after scoring 44 points. Higgins scored a red ball and blasted a 88-pointer to win the game 88-44 to win the game 3-2.