Beijing time on January 16 news, snooker Masters final will be played tonight at 9 o'clock, Neil Robertson vs Barry Hawkins, divided into two sessions, grab ten decisive, the second stage began at 3:00 a.m. the next day, Neil Robertson attacked the second crown of the Masters, barry Hawkins is the first title of the career Masters.
The semi-finals that have ended, 2 6-5 kills, Neil Robertson 3-5 to 6-5 reversals, the decider was miraculously overturned by Mark Williams in the case of a super score! Barry Hawkins reversed from 4-5 to 6-5, the last 2 sets, 50+ consecutive singles, 2 consecutive sets of clean sheets Trump, and finally turned the tables to reach the final.
The Masters are one of the three major tournaments, tied with the World Championships and the British Championships, so the final between Neil Robertson and Barry Hawkins is of great significance!
From Barry Hawkins' perspective, this was the second Masters final of his career, having previously reached the Masters final in 2016, but unfortunately, barry Hawkins lost 1-10 against O'Sullivan! However, this Year's Masters, bitter lord O'Sullivan has been out, it is Barry Hawkins final opponent Neil Robertson who eliminated him, Barry Hawkins ushered in a good opportunity to rush to the championship, although the total record of the game is 10-15 behind Neil Robertson, however, Barry Hawkins is now in the peak of his state, eliminating 3 post-80s Five Tigers Grand Slam winners Murphy, Selby and Trump, of which Selby and Trump are the top two in the world today!
If you can win the championship, Barry Hawkins will win 4 consecutive 80s five tigers Grand Slam, that is to say, in addition to not being able to participate in Ding Junhui, the post-80s Five Tigers masters will all lose to Barry Hawkins 1 person, it can be seen that if Barry Hawkins can win the championship, how much gold content! In addition, Barry Hawkins will not only win the first title of the Masters, but also the first crown of the three major competitions, complete a career breakthrough, and greatly improve his historical status.
From Neil Robertson's side, the upcoming Masters final is equally significant! If he can win the championship, Neil Robertson will win the second title of the career Masters and the sixth crown of the three major competitions, and continue to pursue Selby, the first of the five Tigers after the 80s. Previously, Neil Robertson has won 1 World Championship, 1 Masters and 3 British Championships, five three major championships ranked second in the 80s, and Selby has won 4 World Championships, 3 Masters and 2 British Championships, a total of 9 three major championships.
Among the five tigers after the 80s, the number of champions in the three major competitions ranked first, Selby first, Neil Robertson second, and the third place is Ding Junhui, the first person in the history of our Chinese snooker (3 British Championships + 1 Masters, 4 three major championships). However, in the past 2 seasons, Ding Junhui has fallen into a downturn, not only surpassed by Neil Robertson, but also has the tendency to further widen the gap, once Neil Robertson wins the Championship of the Masters, Ding Junhui will be thrown away by Neil Robertson 1-2, 4-6 in the number of Masters championships and three major championships.