On April 20, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship entered the fifth matchday of the main tournament, and world champion Higgins eliminated Tachaia 10-7 to advance to the round of 16. Higgins became the first player to fall behind in the first half and eventually reverse the world championship, and he will be the winner between Brechell and Sancham in the second round.
The 46-year-old Higgins is still the top snooker master on the stage, first of all, he is firmly in the top ten of the world, and is the No. 6 seed of this World Championship. The second is that Higgins has reached the ranking final many times in these two seasons, and although he lost a few games in the final, he proved that he is old and strong, can still compete with young players, and of course, is also the favorite to win the world championship.
In the first round, Higgins played thailand's Tachaia, and the two had played each other in Crucible, when Higgins won and won the second place in that tournament. Compared to personal strength and competition experience, Higgins is certainly far superior to Tachaia. However, before playing at the World Championships, Higgins lost a final, and he was reversed by Neil Robertson with a big lead, which was a big blow to the mentality.
Facing Tacchaia's first half, although Higgins scored two shots to break the hundred, there were also many unnecessary mistakes, and the first half was 4-5 behind. Since the start of the game, all the players who have fallen behind in the first half have been out, which is indeed more stressful for Higgins. However, he is only one game behind, and with his strength can be completely reversed.
Sure enough, Higgins went on in the second half and scored a shot to break the hundred in the 13th inning, 7-6. Compared to the first half, Higgins improved the quality of defense, Tachaia's offensive accuracy was greatly reduced, and mistakes began to increase. Higgins then took the 14th inning to take an 8-6 lead, and Higgins did show more strength at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
In the 15th set, Higgins led 34-14, the two began a defensive battle, Tacchaia got the opportunity, but he lost the difficult pocket black ball, Higgins could not attack continuously, only 42-22 led, the two turned to defense again. At the critical moment, Higgins sent the opportunity again, but Thachaia failed to seize the opportunity, Higgins got started, had the opportunity to complete the super score, the mother ball was accidentally dropped, the opportunity was given to Tachaia again, the latter finally seized the opportunity, won the round with a 64-51 reversal, the big score was 7-8, and the suspense of the game returned.
In the 16th set, Tacchaia played twice, and after scoring 40 points, there was a mistake, and Higgins also failed to seize the opportunity, chasing the middle of 38-40, but Tachaia's defense was indeed very average, higgins then started to complete the super point, 9-7 to get the match point. In the 17th set, Higgins seized the opportunity to complete the super score, eliminating Tachaia 10-7 and struggling to advance to the round of 16. In this way, the big three O'Sullivan, Higgins, mark Williams all advanced to the round of 16, and the 75 three masters are indeed admirable!