6-2！ 6-1！ Dark Horse consecutive KO world champion, semi-final PK Xiaote, 6 years later to rush to the championship?

This morning, the Snooker Masters broke out of the cold, Selby was sleepwalking, 1-6 defeat hawkins folded in the top 8, the post-70s will easily advance, will compete with Trump for the final seat, is expected to enter the championship battle after 6 years, impact the first crown of the three major competitions to create history.

Hawkins was a late bloomer, and it was only at the age of 33 that he unlocked the first title of the ranking tournament and overturned Alberton to the top in the Australian Open final. Since then, snooker has won the PTC and World Grand Prix titles respectively after 70, but has lost all two times to the finals of the three major competitions: 12-18 losses in the 2013 World Championship finals, and 1-10 defeats in the 2016 Masters finals, all of which lost to O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan has been out of the quarter-finals of this year's Masters, and without the number one nemesis as a roadblock, Hawkins also ushered in a good opportunity to rush to the championship.

The first round of the Masters was a dazzling sight for Hawkins, who took full control of the initiative in the showdown with world champion Murphy, blasting a single shot to break the hundred and 4 par 60+, and beat the Magicians 6-2 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarter-final against the World Championship 4 champions Selby, Hawkins played a single shot of 65 points and 58 points, not afraid of the world's No. 1 grinding control play, and finally 6-1 overturned the championship favorite, 2 consecutive world champions to advance to the top 4, will be in the semifinals against Trump.

As snooker's famous "top 4 professional households", Hawkins has fulfilled his mission and will go straight to the semi-finals of the Masters and will compete with the world's 2nd small special for the final qualification. Hawkins lost the Masters six years ago, and now he certainly doesn't want to miss the opportunity again. As the number one dark horse of the Masters, Hawkins must win 4 consecutive world champions if he wants to win the championship, can he do miracles?