On the evening of April 2, the semi-final of the 2022 Snooker Tour Championship, Higgins played against Brechel, and Higgins was in poor form, Brechel led 3-0, Higgins staged a "five-in-a-row whip", winning five consecutive sets to end the first half with a 5-3 lead.
In the first set, Brechel scored 64 points to win 87-26; in the second set, Brechel scored 105 points to win 116-0; in the third set, Brechel scored a single 78 points to win 115-0, and Brechel had a 3-0 advantage.
In the fourth set, Brechel led 46-0, Higgins played a single 32-point defense, Higgins fainted into the red ball to chase back 17 points, Brechel released the ball, Higgins scored a red ball to score 26 points, 75-46 to chase back the first set.
In the fifth set, Higgins scored 14 points, the red ball error, Brechel single shot 64 points defense, Higgins chased back 27 points; finally Higgins seized the opportunity to stay in the red ball and scored 35 points to chase another set at 76-64. Higgins trailed 2-3. In the sixth set, Higgins scored 54 points, the red ball did not score, Brechel scored 26 points to defend, Higgins bench quasi-scored the red ball to start, and single 52 points cleared the table to win the sixth set. Higgins tied 3-3.
In the seventh set, Higgins scored 18 points and Brechel scored 32 points; Higgins scored 45 points to score 63-32 to make the ball; Brechel untied the ball and sent the ball to the bag mouth and conceded defeat. In the eighth inning, Brechel scored 7 points, unable to score on the bench, and Higgins scored 108 points.