In the early morning of April 4, Beijing time, the final of the 2022 Snooker Tour Championship came to an end, and in the final showdown, the 46-year-old Scottish "wizard" Higgins dueled against the defending champion, Australian robertson. Higgins hit a big crash after hitting a 3-stroke breaker, leading 9-4 at one point and holding 5 championship match points, Robertson won six consecutive sets to complete a super reversal 10-9, killing Higgins, winning the 4th major championship of the season and also his 23rd ranking championship, in which Robertson also scored 3 to break the 100. Higgins lost his fifth game in the sixth final trip of the season, becoming the king of the five sub-kings in the sad single season.
The Tour Championship is a top ranking tournament for only the top eight players in a single season, with a championship prize of up to 150,000 pounds, and China's Zhao Xintong participated as the top seed, but in the first round, in the case of an 8-4 lead, it was reversed by Higgins, and it was a 9-10 defeat. Higgins defeated Belgian star Brechel 10-7 in the semi-finals and advanced to the final. Defending champion Robertson defeated Allen 10-6 in the first round, and defeated O'Sullivan 10-9 in the semi-finals, 8-9, to advance to the final for two consecutive years.
For Higgins, this is his sixth promotion to the final of the tournament this season, and in the previous ranking version of the Champions League, he won his 31st ranking tournament, but in the other 4 competitions, 3 ranking tournaments and 1 invitational tournament, he only finished runners-up. The Tour Championship will be Higgins' 32nd crown, avoiding five runners-up in a single season, while Robertson will attack his fourth title this season, his third title in the rankings, and his 23rd career title, and if he can win the title, the world ranking will surpass Trump and rise to third in the world.
This season, the two met in the final of the English Open, when Robertson, behind, reversed Higgins 9-8 to win the first title of the season. In the first eight innings of the game, the two joined forces to provide a wonderful hundred-breaker battle, the first set Higgins 78-77, with a 1-point narrow start, and then two innings, consecutively played a single 136 points and 126 points to break the hundred, to achieve a 3-0 lead. In the fourth set, Robertson also scored a 130-point break in color to make it 1-3. Robertson then won two more straight sets, including a 129-point break in the sixth inning to tie 3-3. In the seventh set, Higgins broke the 100 again, scoring 127 points in a single shot, and in the eighth set, he scored a single 80 points to end the first stage with a 5-3 lead.
At the beginning of the second stage, Higgins continued to have a good hand, winning three consecutive sets to bring the lead of the game to an 8-3 lead. In the 12th set, Robertson stopped the decline and scored 91 points to chase 4-8; in the 13th set, Higgins scored 84 points and directly won the match point opportunity, leading 9-4, holding 5 match point opportunities.
In the crucial 14th inning, Robertson scored 54 points to complete the super point, pulling back a match point, 5-9 behind; in the 15th set, Robertson took advantage of Higgins's risky offensive mistakes, directly broke the baiqing platform, single shot 108 points and chased another match point, 6-9 behind; in the 16th inning, Robertson took advantage of Higgins' mistakes many times to get started, and finally completed the super clearing, chasing 3 match points in a row, chasing 7-9. In the 17th set, Robertson seized the opportunity again, winning four consecutive sets with 72 points, chasing another match point to make it 8-9. In the 18th set, Higgins made another mistake and Robertson won again, winning five consecutive sets with 93 points and recovering five match points, 9-9! Drag the game into the decider. In the decider, Higgins made another low-level mistake, robertson directly won the super score, completed a super big reversal of six consecutive sets of victories, and the big score was fixed at 10-9! Robertson finished with his fourth title of the season, his third title in the rankings, and the 23rd ranking title of his career, equaling Trump.