In the early morning of January 17, Beijing time, in the final of the Snooker Masters, Barry Hawkins defeated Neil Robertson 4-10 and missed the championship of the three major competitions again. In this campaign, compared to the previous rounds, Barry Hawkins performance has dropped significantly, there are more low-level mistakes, and O'Sullivan, who commented on the game, said: "In the final performance, I did not see the hope of Barry Hawkins winning the championship, and Neil Robertson was as stable as ever.
In fact, Barry Hawkins's way to the final is more gold than Neil Robertson, Murphy, Selby, Trump fell under Barry Hawkins in succession, the 3 big 80s after the five tigers have fallen, 3 are world champions, but also snooker Grand Slam winners, Barry Hawkins final ushered in the last 1 of the Masters 80s five tigers Neil Robertson (Ding Junhui failed to participate).
Unfortunately, Barry Hawkins failed to pick out the fourth place after the 80s. After winning the first set 60-30, Barry Hawkins was overtaken by Neil Robertson, who blasted out 50, 105, 54, 54 and 73 points in a row, taking a 5-3 lead in the first stage with the General Bureau. In the second stage, Neil Robertson won the ninth set with 50 points and 76-4, Barry Hawkins only won a set in the 10th set with a single shot of 69 points, and in the last 4 sets, Barry Hawkins was defeated, losing 4 consecutive sets, and the general manager was defeated 4-10.
After missing out on the Masters title, Barry Hawkins became the uncrowned king of snooker's three majors: Grief 3 consecutive asian + 4 rounds. In the finals of the 2 Masters, Barry Hawkins defeated O'Sullivan 1-10 to 4-10 to Neil Robertson; in the 1 World Championship final, Barry Hawkins also lost to the bitter lord O'Sullivan; on the British Championship stage, Barry Hawkins also reached the top 4. However, without exception, Barry Hawkins missed out on the championship!