On January 15, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Masters ended the last quarterfinals, and Mark Selby, who won the championship and ranked first in the world, lost to Barry Hawkins 1-6 and missed the final four. There was an episode in the game, a female spectator on the scene confessed to Selby many times, teasing Selby, and referee Jan Wahas responded directly: I know you love him, but can you stop now!
This season, Selby's form is indeed too bad, although the world number one, but the ranking tournament is difficult to reach the final four, since winning the World Championship last season, Selby has not shown convincing strength, still need to adjust. Coming to the Masters, Selby was full of confidence, but the feel was still too bad, although the first round was 6-3 to Steven Maguire, but only one shot more than 50 points in the whole game.
In the quarter-finals against old friend Barry Hawkins, Selby continued to slump, scoring a single-shot maximum of only 49 points, and soon lost 1-6, which can be said that Selby was a big loss. After the game, Selby also said that he played too poorly, if he did it again, he would certainly not play so badly, of course, Selby was generous, he congratulated his old friend Barry Hawkins, hoping that Hawkins could achieve good results next, and Selby had already looked forward to the single limited time game.
There was also a small episode in the quarter-finals, that is, a female audience member on the scene repeatedly confessed to Selby. As we all know, the Snooker Masters was held at Alexandra Palace, and the arrival of 2,000 spectators made the atmosphere particularly warm, and whenever the star players appeared, there would be a lot of cheers on the scene, such as O'Sullivan who would make the fans cheer wildly every time he entered. After Trump won, he also interacted with the audience, and the atmosphere of this competition was really good.
At the beginning of the match between Selby and Barry Hawkins, a female fan on the scene confessed to Selby in English to the effect of: Mark, I love you. This sentence amused the audience, and Selby, who was thinking, also laughed and covered his face to show embarrassment. In the third set, the female fan confessed again, but Selby was already 0-2 behind at the time, the expression was more serious, and the referee on duty, Jan Wahas, was a little irritable, and he responded directly: I know you love him, but can you stop now.
Many fans joked that it is no wonder that Selby did not play well, and it is also related to the confession of female audiences. Other fans said the female audience member should be a Barry Hawkins fan, disrupting Selby's rhythm in this way. Of course, these are all jokes, and it can only be said that the audience is too enthusiastic, and the fans like the star players too much!