On April 3, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Tour Championship ended the second semi-final, and the veteran Higgins came behind, eliminating the No. 5 seed Luka Brechel 10-7 to advance to the final. Higgins will compete with Neil Robertson for the title of this Tour Championship.
Higgins is not only a world champion but also one of the greatest players on the snooker stage, and although he is 46 years old, he still maintains good competitive form. Higgins has also had good luck this season, winning the extra prize money for the European Series in the last minutes and narrowly holding on to the eighth place in a single season to qualify for the Tour Championship.
In the first round of the game, Higgins completed the reversal after falling behind 4-8 and eliminated Zhao Xintong. The opponent in the second round is Luka Brechel, who is also in good shape, as the No. 5 seed, Luka Brechel eliminated Trump in the first round, which is a big upset.
Obviously, in this semi-final, Higgins was more optimistic. However, Luca Brechel gave Higgins a slap in the face as soon as he came up, shooting 64, 105 and 78 consecutive singles to take a 3-0 lead. In these three games, Higgins scored a total of 26 points. Higgins then slowly got into shape, and in the fifth set, with Luka Brachel scoring a single 64 point, Higgins completed a reversal and completely released the pressure.
At the end of the first stage, Higgins shot a hundred and two 50+, and he won five consecutive sets to end the first half of the game with a 5-3 lead, which is the experienced Higgins, who can quickly turn the situation around.
Entering the second stage, Higgins quickly won the 9th set, leading 6-3. Luca Brechel didn't tie his hand, he shot a hundred, three shots of 50+, and ended the 14th set to tie seven. Higgins took over the game at a crucial moment, however, winning three straight sets to eliminate Luka Brechel 10-7 to advance to the final.
At this point, the final lineup of the Tour Championship was officially released, and the two world champions Higgins and Neil Robertson spoke directly, the latter was O'Sullivan's terminator, and the 10-9 elimination of O'Sullivan was quite exciting, which also gave Neil Robertson a lot of confidence. Higgins and Neil Robertson have played each other many times, they know each other very well, and both are very strong at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and I believe that this will be a particularly wonderful final!