The 2021-2022 Snooker Tour Championship ended the semi-finals, four-time World Champion Higgins staged another reversal in the match against Brechel, known as the "Belgian Bomb", winning six consecutive sets in the opening three consecutive sets of 0:3 to establish an advantage, and finally "Wizard" Higgins defeated Brechel 10:7 and advanced to the tour final, it is worth mentioning that Higgins also staged a stunning reversal in the first round of the game, which was also 4:8 behind. In the end, he narrowly defeated China's Zhao Xintong 10:9 to advance to the final four and staged two consecutive reversals, which is the so-called "no reversal no wizard". After qualifying for the final, Higgins will compete with defending champion Neil Robertson for the title of this season's Tour Championship. It is worth mentioning that this is higgins' sixth time in the final this season, after five times he won four runners-up and one championship, except for one ranking champion, he will attack the 32nd ranking champion in the final.
The Wizard's match between Higgins and Brechel has been in high profile, and both have been in good shape this season, following Higgins reaching the final five times this season, while Brechel has also reached the Final of the British Championship and the Scottish Open back-to-back. Higgins, although not young, remains in fairly good shape, while Brechel is young and famous, he is the best of the "post-90s" players, known as the "Belgian bomb". The battle between the two sides in this game can be described as a twist and turn, the first game between the two sides is very fierce, both have offensive opportunities, but Brechel, who entered the state faster, seized the opportunity to shoot 64 points and then took the lead at 87:26. In the second set, Higgins still did not find offensive status, Brechel took the opportunity to extend his lead, he single-handed 105 points and then kept a clean sheet Higgins won another set, and in the third set Higgins was still a spectator of the game, Brechel attacked several times and played a single 78 points after winning another set with a 115:0 clean sheet Higgins, leading the big score 3:0.
In the fourth game Higgins stopped the loss in time, Brechel missed the opportunity to expand the score, Higgins with multiple attack scoring opportunities to win back a city at 75:46, in the fifth game Brechel missed the opportunity to expand the score again, although playing a single 64 points, but failed to complete the super score, Higgins is a number of attacks after a narrow victory of 76:64 to close the score. After winning two consecutive sets, Higgins gradually found his offensive rhythm, and then in the next three sets, Higgins single-handedly scored 54 points, 52 points, 108 points and then won three consecutive sets, leading 5:3 to end the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Higgins still firmly took the initiative, although he did not play a high score, but still won another set 66:30, and Higgins led Brechel 6:3 after a wave of six consecutive innings.
The next two sets were won by both sides, and Brechel, who was trailing 4:7, then played a wave of scoring climax, single-handed blast 69 points, 68 points, 108 points and then went down to three cities to chase the score to 7:7, and the competition entered a white-hot game. In the 15th set, the two sides were very fiercely contested, both had a chance to win, Higgins won 71:35 with three mobile phones and regained the advantage, in the 16th set Higgins controlled the game more well, in the case of a situation of equal strength with multiple offensive opportunities to win 107:8 and 9:7 to get the match point, in the 16th game, Higgins took the lead but soon made mistakes, Brechel seized the opportunity to score 30 points and then handed over the offensive right, Higgins single shot 67 points and then took away the victory, The score was 10:7 on aggregate to beat Belgian Brechel to advance to the final.
After reaching the final, Higgins will compete with defending champion Neil Robertson for the title, the two met in the final of this season's English Open, when Higgins lost a good game when he was leading the score, and was eventually reversed by Neil Robertson, who won the crazy mode of the season, with which he won two ranking championships and a Masters title, as well as a world Grand Prix runner-up. Higgins and Neil Robertson are arguably the most consistent players this season, Higgins has reached the final six times, while Neil Robertson has reached the final five times, but in terms of the winning percentage of the final, Neil Robertson is undoubtedly better.
Higgins reached the Northern Ireland Open, The English Open, The Championship and Scottish Open finals, but lost in the finals, winning only a painless Champions League winner. Robertson won the English Open, the Players' Championship and the Masters, losing to O'Sullivan in the World Open final. Judging from the past meeting records, the two are evenly matched, Neil Robertson has a better offensive advantage, while Higgins wins in stability and goal-keeping ability, and the victory or defeat of the two depends on the on-field play.