In the early morning of January 11, Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker Masters, the previous champion Barry Hawkins eliminated Murphy 6-2 to advance, and the Grand Slam Murphy could only be eclipsed and suffered a round of travel!
In the first inning, Barry Hawkins scored a single 65 points to make it 96-31 and go first. In the second set, Murphy scored 69 points, 85-29, and equalized the General Bureau. In the third set, Murphy won 70-8 and the General Bureau won 2-1. In the fourth set, Barry Hawkins blasted a single 67-pointer to win 68-28. In the fifth set, Barry Hawkins scored another 60 points to win 64-54. In the sixth set, Barry Hawkins blasted a single shot to break 103 points and win 103-6. In the seventh set, Barry Hawkins won another set with 69 points, and the General Bureau won the match point 5-2. In the eighth inning, Barry Hawkins did not score on the bench, Murphy scored 14 points to continue the error, and Barry Hawkins ended the game with a 6-2 score in the General Bureau.
Looking back at the entire game, Murphy General took a 2-1 lead, but then, his mistakes began to increase, Barry Hawkins gradually played the feel, the momentum of the game completely reversed, Barry Hawkins won 4 consecutive sets, holding multiple match points, basically killing the game.
Previously, Mark Williams, Neil Robertson, higgins have been promoted, after this game, the Masters quarterfinals are born another seat: Barry Hawkins.
Barry Hawkins' career is quite regrettable, being ridiculed by the majority of fans as a "top four professional household", and the only time he reached the final of the World Championship in his career was also defeated by O'Sullivan and relegated to the second place. As one of the five tigers after the 80s, Murphy is much luckier than Barry Hawkins, and the number of ranking champions is not very large, but he has already collected the three major championship trophies of the World Championship, the British Championship and the Masters, and is a snooker Grand Slam winner.
This Year's Masters, Murphy is the No. 7 seed, Barry Hawkins is the No. 11 seed, Barry Hawkins eliminated Murphy is also considered to be the following gram, but it is not a cold, the Masters are top masters to participate, who wins and who loses is normal, there is no cold.