Data map: Higgins.
Photo by China News Agency reporter He Penglei
China News Service, March 1st. In the early morning of the 1st Beijing time, in the final of the 2021 Snooker Players Championship, Higgins beat O'Sullivan 10:3 and won the first player championship in his career.
This is also his 31st ranked championship, breaking a three-year championship drought.
In the game, Higgins was in a brave state. He scored 3 over 100 and 5 50+. He defeated the Rockets with a big score of 10:3, ending the three-game losing streak in the ranking finals and winning the game since the 2018 Wales game. Another ranking champion.
In the current Players Championship, Higgins played a total of 32 rounds in four games, and he only lost 4 small rounds, feeling hot.
This is the 51st ranked final of the 45-year-old Scot. The victory brought him his first ranked championship after the 2018 Welsh Open and a prize of 125,000 pounds.
O'Sullivan went through the 57th ranked final, tying Stephen Hendry's record.
His last championship was the World Championships last summer. He entered the finals back-to-back this week, but he lost all four ranked finals this season and won four consecutive sub-matches.
With this victory, Higgins secured a place for the Tour Championship at the end of March and the "Champion in the Championship" in November.
After the game, Higgins said: "This is the best week of my career. I have won a heavier championship, but in terms of competitive performance and overall feelings, this is my best time and I am satisfied."
"I'm in great shape tonight, and I want to play a few more games, especially against players like Ronnie. In the first stage, he tried to attack many times, which made me a little discouraged. Obviously he likes to do this, I can The 6-2 lead was really great, and the evening performance was also very good."
O'Sullivan said: "I knew I had to play very well against John, but after all he was'cooked' by him like everyone else. It would be good to see him regain his good performance. It is good for snooker. , I am happy for him. The brave performance he played this week is not something that can be seen casually. I hope that I will win the finals next time." (End)