In the second semifinal of the World Snooker Masters, which just ended on January 16, 2022, the world's second-ranked Trump, although he blasted out 86, 63, 65 and 56 points, he still lost 5-6 to Barry Hawkins, who scored 124, 60, 76 and 58 points, and missed his second final this season. Hawkins is on his first final trip this season, and Trump officially declared his inability to justify himself after missing the second final of the three major tournaments of the season.
Trump won two straight sets in a 2-2 draw with Hawkins
Trump was significantly better off in the first half of the game, but he didn't take the chance to pull the gap apart. In the first set, although Trump scored 61 points, Hawkins still won the game 72:61 to lead Trump 1-0 to usher in the opening red. In the second set, Hawkins scored four points and then made a mistake, and Trump blasted out 86 points to win the set 86-4 and draw Hawkins 1-1. In the third set, Trump blasted a 63-pointer to win the game 92-1 to take a 2-1 lead over Hawkins. In the fourth set, Hawkins won the game 59:49 after several starts, thus drawing 2-2 with Trump to return to the same starting point.
Trump leads Hawkins 5-4 to take the match point first
As the game moved into the second half, Hawkins was noticeably better off, while Trump's form was noticeably worse. The game moved to the fifth inning, and Hawkins won the game 78-41 with a single score of 60 points to take a 3-2 lead over Trump. In the sixth inning, Trump scored 14 points and Hawkins scored 124 points to win the game 124-14 to take a 4-2 lead over Trump. The game went into the seventh set, and Trump won the game 78:19 after several starts, thus trailing Hawkins 3-4. In the eighth inning, Trump scored 65 points and then won the game 78-21 to draw Hawkins 4-4. In the ninth inning, Trump blasted out 54 points to win the game 78-0 and then led Hawkins 5-4 to take the lead to the match point.
Hawkins beat Trump 6-5 to reach the final
After the game entered the key moment, Hawkins played more and more decisively, but Trump fought with fear, and his performance also made him pay a terrible price. After the game entered the tenth set, Hawkins took the lead in good form, scoring 76 points and then winning the game 122-0 to draw 5-5 with Trump. In the eleventh set, Hawkins again won the game 71-0 with a single score of 58 points to win the game to beat Trump 6-5 to advance to the Masters final. It is worth mentioning that Trump's state of mind has obviously slipped a lot in this game. However, his worse performance is in the mentality and ability to seize opportunities at key moments. Whether it was the tenth or eleventh innings, Trump was not without a chance, but he did not get a single point. In fact, after entering a critical moment, Trump's desire to win the final victory always constrained him to keep going. That's why he couldn't go any further, not to mention that the ability to resist pressure at critical moments was Trump's weakness. So it's not unusual for him to end up losing the game, after all, he is the king of the small tournament champions.