In the final of the World Snooker Gibraltar Open, which ended in the early morning of March 27, 2022, Beijing time, the 46-year-old veteran Mirkins defeated the post-90s first person who shot 59 and 65 points 4-2 with 71 and 62 points and three consecutive sets to win the first ranking championship of his career, while Wilson regrettably missed his first title of the season and lost the tour championship. This also made Higgins the biggest winner of the tournament as he received an additional £150,000 bonus and qualifying for the Tour Championship.
Milkins beat Wilson 4-2 to win the title
In the match between Milkins and Karen Wilson, Milkins played very well. In the first set, Wilson scored a 59-point error and Milkins scored 71 points to take a 1-0 lead with a 71-59 victory in the game. In the second set, Milkins took a 2-0 lead by winning the set 62-29 on multiple mobile sessions. In the third set, Milkins single-handedly scored 62 points to win another set 76:25 to take a 3-0 lead and get the match point. In the fourth set, Wilson won the game 65-85-20 to trail Milkins 1-3. In the fifth set, Wilson won the game 63:27 to leave Milkins 2-3 behind. In the sixth set, Milkins won the crucial set 74:10 and beat Wilson 4-2 to win the championship.
Wilson became the king of assists for this tournament
Judging from the performance of this tournament, Karen Wilson's performance can be described as very good. He not only defeated Ding Junhui, who is very likely to win the championship, but also defeated Walton, who is expected to win the extra prize money in the European Series. However, fate doesn't make his game smooth sailing because of his excellent performance. Fate made him Higgins' assist king, and he made Higgins the biggest winner after beating Walton, as Higgins managed to win extra prize money in the European Series with a point advantage. Not only that, but thanks to Wilson's defeat in the final of the Gibraltar Open, Higgins also managed to qualify for the Tour Championship. Objectively speaking, without Wilson's divine manipulation, there would be no great harvest for Higgins. If Walton reaches the final, Higgins is likely to lose those benefits.
Higgins lay down to win and became the biggest winner of the tournament
Although Higgins collapsed in the third round of the Gibraltar Open, it was surprising that Allen, Robertson and Trump all subsequently lost. Wharton became the only suspense over the extra £150,000 prize money in the European Series, and when it was thought that Walton had a good chance of winning the extra prize money and qualifying for the Tour Championship, Karen Wilson's strong performance changed things. He played well to keep Walton out of the final, and his victory directly helped Higgins lock in an extra £150,000 prize money in advance. Although Milkins won the championship, he only received a championship prize of 50,000 pounds. Higgins got the extra prize money is already equivalent to the highest prize money in the current three major events, and Wilson's performance in the final defeat to Milkins allowed Higgins to successfully retain the qualification for the Tour Championship. Keep in mind that the Tour Championship is a welfare event, and as long as you qualify, even if you get out of the first round, you will have 20,000 pounds. So Higgins is the real big winner, after all, he has secured at least £170,000 in the account, and this is still without him having to play anything.