On March 27, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Gibraltar Open came to an end. On the final match day, the plot reversed several times, and the 46-year-old Robert Milkins upset the title, which was his first ranking title. At the same time, the result also allowed higgins, who is no. 6 in the world, to take advantage of not only the extra prize money, but also the last place in the Tour Championship, becoming the number one winner.
On the closing day, the most watched player was Richie Wharton, who wanted to storm the extra prize money for the European Series, qualify for the Tour Championship and strive to secure a world championship seeding. To achieve these three goals, Richie Wharton will have to lift the trophy in Gibraltar. He did show a strong impact, sweeping Trump 4-0, beating Jamie Jones 4-1, and Richie Wharton was confident.
Unfortunately, in the semi-finals against Karen Wilson, the plot reversed for the first time. Richie Walton scored 78 and 102 points to drag the game into the decider, but unfortunately failed to seize the opportunity in the final moments, and Karen Wilson eliminated Rich Walton 4-3 with a one-hundred-shot and three-shot 50+.
Richie Wharton is out and two suspense is revealed, starting with the extra prize money for the European series belonging to Higgins, who has an extra jackpot of £150,000, a bit of a lying win. Secondly, Rich Wharton's attack on the world championship seeding spot also failed, and Yan Bingtao will go straight to Crucabar as a seeded player.
In addition, Karen Wilson has given herself a chance to squeeze out Higgins for the final spot in the Tour Championship if he wins. As a result, the plot took a second turn, with Karen Wilson losing 2-4 and missing out on the title, and Higgins thrilling to win the last place in the Tour Championship. Higgins was no doubt the number one winner, and although he was out early in Gibraltar, he won the extra prize money for the European Series and also qualified for the Tour Championship, which was too much to gain.
Finally, robert Milkins, who has a 27-year career, finally reached the ranking final for the first time and won the first ranking championship of his career. Veterans like Robert Milkins are really not easy, they belong to the same era as O'Sullivan, Higgins, Mark Williams, it is too difficult to win the championship, but perseverance will eventually pay off, congratulations to Robert Milkins, the championship is well deserved!