In the final quarterfinals of the World Snooker Players Championship, which just ended on February 12, 2022, Beijing time, "Wizard" John Higgins and dark horse player Jimmy Robertson opened a classic showdown. In this game, Jimmy Robertson's performance can be described as very good. With a strong performance of 102, 58, 57, 59 and 57 points, he beat Higgins, who scored 52, 65 and 68 and 80 points, 6-4 to advance to the final four of this tournament. Higgins said a regrettable farewell to the tournament, and it was a bit of a shame that he had not been able to meet Neil Robertson in the semi-finals.
Higgins won two straight sets to draw 2-2 with Robertson
In the first half of the game between the two sides, both Higgins and Jimmy Robertson remained in good form. In the first set, Higgins took a 1-0 lead with a single shot of 52 points and a number of mobile games to win the game 72-42. In the second set, Robertson scored a run after a run, and Higgins scored a 65-1 run to win the game 65-1 to continue his lead over Robertson 2-0 and widen the gap into two innings. In the third set, although Higgins scored 58 points in this game, Robertson still won the game 65:58 with a single shot and several mobile games to win the game 65-58, so as to fall behind Higgins 1-2. In the fourth set, Robertson scored a 57-pointer to win a 2-2 draw with Higgins 63-6.
Robertson led Higgins 5-3 to get the match point
After the game entered the second half, the two men remained in very good shape. The game moved to the fifth inning, and Robertson, with multiple mobile phone games and a single shot of 59 points, decided to win the game 78-1 to win the game, successfully surpassing Higgins 3-2 to take the lead for the first time. In the sixth inning, Higgins scored the first red ball and scored a single shot of 68 points before successfully completing the super score. Although Robertson then tried to score a red ball, unfortunately he was forced to concede defeat after being awarded four points for the mother ball, and Higgins won the set 72:0 to draw Robertson 3-3. In the seventh inning, Higgins defensively mistook a mistake, Robertson scored a red ball and directly blasted a single shot of 102 points after the mother ball wrestled the bag to win the game 102:4 to lead Higgins 4-3. In the eighth inning, Higgins scored 17 points and made a mistake to choose defense, and then Robertson won the game 64-17 with a 5-17 lead over Higgins to win the match point.
Robertson eliminated Higgins 6-4 to advance to the final four
The game moved into the ninth inning, and Higgins was forced to choose defense after successfully scoring 17 points due to poor positioning. Robertson then made a defensive mistake, And Higgins scored the red ball again, shot straight for 80 runs and won the game 97-0, trailing Robertson 4-5 and narrowing the gap into a set. In the tenth set, Higgins scored the first red ball and scored 6 points after the K-ball effect was not good and was forced to choose defense. The defensive effect was not ideal, Robertson scored a red ball to get started, but due to poor positioning, he could only choose to stick the yellow ball to defend. Higgins used the pole to solve the ball in two sets, but exposed the offensive opportunity of the right bottom pocket. Robertson scored a red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side and successfully won the mobile phone meeting, making a mistake after scoring 26 points. Higgins scored a red ball and scored nine more points, and Robertson scored another red ball to get started. He eventually won the match 84:43 to eliminate Higgins 6-4 to advance to the final four of this tournament, and he will compete with Neil Robertson for tickets to the final of this tournament.