Tour Championship 2022 - John Higgins fights back to lead Luca Brecel 5-3 in semi-final

John Higgins reeled off five frames in a row to lead Luca Brecel 5-3 in the afternoon session of their Tour Championship semi-final. Brecel took the opener despite missing the final red as Higgins chased a snooker only to stick the red over the yellow pocket for the Belgian to edge ahead.

Ad/> A couple of alarming safety errors from Higgins in the second raised eyebrows, given how much stock he places on making life difficult for his opponents, and the second mistake led to Brecel racing through a break of 105 for a two-frame lead. Tour ChampionshipTour Championship semi-final LIVE — Higgins faces off against Brecel as Robertson awaits in final7 HOURS AGO Higgins left the table head bowed after missing a long red by a huge margin at the start of the third, and was made to sit in his chair and rue the error as Brecel knocked in a break of 78 to extend his advantage to three.

But the veteran Scot and three-time world champion stopped the rot after a run of almost 49 minutes without potting a ball when pouncing on a rare error from Brecel in the fourth, knocking in a tough red along the bottom cushion. He amassed 32 points from the first visit, but got a second chance following an outrageous fluke — a missed red careered around the table, cannoned the pink and dropped into the yellow pocket to allow him to get a frame on the board.

Despite being comprehensively outplayed in the first mini-session, Higgins departed the arena in Llandudno with a slight spring in his step. Trump consider break from snooker as stars challenge 2022-2023 calendar Robertson wins final-frame decider to beat O'Sullivan for spot in Tour Championship final And his mood was further improved as he snatched the fifth frame after Brecel failed to cannon a