Beijing time on April 4 news, the 2022 Snooker Tour Championship final, Higgins in a 9-4 lead, with 6 match points in hand collapsed, 9-10 defeat to Neil Robertson. Looking at the history of snooker, such a super crash is very rare, and it can be said that this final is recorded in history!
In this game, Higgins came up to show excellent form, in the first set, the two sides fought for 50 minutes, Higgins won 78-77, 1-0 lead, and then, Higgins blasted a single shot of 136 points and 126 points, the big score 3-0 far ahead. Neil Robertson also got into shape, scoring 130 points, 76-47, 129 points per shot, and the big score was 3-3! Higgins then blasted a 127-pointer and another 80-pointer to end the first half with a 5-3 lead.
In the second half, Higgins attacked more fiercely, 60-41, 68 points, 82-5, Higgins won three more sets, and the big score was 8-3 far ahead. Neil Robertson scored 91 points to get back to a city, but Higgins scored 84 points to get the match point, 9-4.
The game was a 19-game 10-win format, and Higgins held 6 match points, but he didn't expect that higgins would lose such a great situation! Higgins led 9-4, Neil Robertson did not give up, chased after the innings, Higgins who got the match point early, but the pressure was even greater. After all, Higgins was too hungry for a championship. But as Neil Robertson approached the score, Higgins' mentality had collapsed. In the decider, Higgins made a low-level mistake, and in the end, 9-10, Higgins was killed.
Looking at snooker history, it is very rare to suffer a big reversal in the case of a 9-4 lead and a 9-10 loss, which is enough to go down in history.
Higgins was embarrassed, in a single season, he won 5 runners-up, tied with O'Sullivan, becoming the player in history to "win" the second most runners-up in a single season! Higgins has won 24 runners-up in career rankings, further cementing his position as the player with the most runners-up in the ranking tournament in his history.
This game, hopefully not to leave a shadow on Higgins, on the other side, it has to be said, Neil Robertson is too strong, the psychological quality is extremely strong.