On February 12, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker players tournament continued, and the last quarter-final broke out of the big cold, and the 35-year-old Jimmy Robertson completed the reversal in the case of a 0-2 start, eliminating world champion Higgins 6-4 and advancing to the final four. The winning Jimmy Robertson will compete with Neil Robertson for a place in the final. In the first semi-final, Barry Hawkins eliminated Richie Wharton 6-2 to reach the final first.
In this competition, 35-year-old Jimmy Robertson became the big dark horse, and in the first round, he eliminated Luka Bretchell 6-1, showing good competitive form. In the quarterfinals, Jimmy Robertson played against Higgins, who was a world champion and title favourite, far superior to Jimmy Robertson. However, this quarter-final still broke out of the big cold.
After the opening, Higgins quickly got into shape, shooting a consecutive 52 and 65 points to take a 2-0 lead. Jimmy Robertson then came back with a strong shot, shooting 58, 57 and 59 consecutive singles to win three straight sets and overtake Higgins. Winning in the third set with a 65-58 comeback was significant and arguably a turning point in the game.
Higgins then won the sixth set with a single score of 68 points, and the big score reached 3 draws. Jimmy Robertson was indeed in great shape, shooting a single 102 innings and a single 57 in the eighth to take the match point 5-3. Higgins struggled to save a match point, but made several mistakes in the tenth inning, with Jimmy Robertson eliminating Higgins 6-4 to advance to the final four.
At this point, the final four of this year's Players Championship have all been produced, with Barry Hawkins playing Rich Walton in the first half and Neil Robertson against Jimmy Robertson in the bottom half.
In the first semi-final, Barry Hawkins continued his fiery competitive form, shooting a hundred and a three-shot 50+ to easily beat good friend Richie Walton 6-2 to advance to the final, waiting for the winner between Neil Robertson and Jimmy Robertson. The match between Neil Robertson and Jimmy Robertson will start at 3 a.m. on Feb. 13.
Obviously, Barry Hawkins, who has beaten Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Rich Wharton in a row, has the ability to win the championship and is expected to break the nearly 5-year ranking championship drought. However, the highest call to win the championship is Still Neil Robertson, the consecutive elimination of Karen Wilson and O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson feels hot and confident, let's wait and see!