The 2022 Snooker Masters finally reached the final stage after a week of competition, with "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson and "Master Howard" Barry Hawkins competing for the final championship trophy.
The semi-final road between the two sides can be described as very exciting, Robertson saved three consecutive match points in a row under the whole game and finally killed Uncle Ma to advance to the thrilling promotion, while Hawkins was a winner of two consecutive sets of "dumb" Trump to advance strongly.
In the history of the two, Robertson has a leading position with 15 wins and 10 losses, it is worth mentioning that hawkins last won Robertson back four years ago, and the pre-game British media also predicted that Robertson would win the final championship.
At the beginning of the game, the two appeared in the mountain tsunami of applause to shake hands, the first set Robertson took the lead in kicking off, Hawkins came up to score a difficult red ball, but both sides started with a slow and hot feel, and then each had the opportunity to win a shot but could not grasp it, after a battle, Hawkins fought into the long stage to take the lead in scoring the opening red.
Back in the second set, the two still feel cold Hawkins is a series of low-level mistakes, Robertson again after the difficulty to complete the super point, Hawkins did not give up on the stage to try the snooker defense, but in the end still missed the ball was Robertson accurately scored to achieve the equalizer.
In the next set, Hawkins' defensive choices went wrong and he missed the opportunity, and Robertson went straight to the top and blasted the first shot of the game to overtake the score and enter the halftime.
After the break, the two sides did not feel warm, Robertson made a mistake when he had just established the lead, Hawkins continued to score on the stage but made a low-level mistake when he was about to overtake the score, and then there was an unexpected foul to form a free kick, Robertson once again completed the clearance to achieve a single-game reversal of the score.
Hawkins may have had a chance to reverse after Robertson completed a 50+ turnover in a single shot, but there was a major mistake in the simple pocket powder ball, and Robertson laughed and smiled at the ceremony to clear the table again to pull the score to two sets 4:2.
In the final two sets of the first stage, Robertson first tried to make snooker in succession with a super score, but was knocked back by Hawkins with a luck ball.
In the last set of the first stage, Robertson took the lead in blasting 60+ to complete the super point, Hawkins was not willing to continue to try snooker, but failed to score a key black goal, and finally Hawkins chose to concede defeat and end the first stage 5:3.
Throughout the first stage of the showdown, Robertson actually played not well and did not come to the best level, but Hawkins has not been able to seize the opportunity to make a series of mistakes, thus being pulled apart.
The second phase of the match between the two sides will officially start at three o'clock in the morning, Robertson will hit the second championship of the solo career Masters, and Hawkins may once again be reduced to a background board if he can't withstand the pressure.