In the early morning of January 17, Beijing time, the snooker Masters, one of the three major competitions, came to an end, and Neil Robertson won the championship with a 10-4 victory over Barry Hawkins. In the final, Barry Hawkins lost the last 4 consecutive sets, from 4-6 behind to 4-10 rout and lost the championship, 0-4 hastily ended, the defeat was like a mountain!
In this regard, O'Sullivan, who was one of the commentators of the Final of the Masters, criticized The Masters runner-up Barry Hawkins: In this final, I did not see any hope of Victory for Barry Hawkins, did not see any way to the championship, and Neil Robertson was as stable as ever.
For Barry Hawkins, O'Sullivan is actually very vocal, counting the Final of the Masters, on the stage of the three major competitions, Barry Hawkins reached the final 3 times, 2 of which were with O'Sullivan for the championship, and in the 2016 Masters final, Barry Hawkins was played by O'Sullivan 1-10! In addition, in the final of the World Championships, Barry Hawkins also lost to O'Sullivan and was second. Arguably, O'Sullivan is barry Hawkins' biggest sufferer so far in his career.
In this campaign, with Neil Robertson vying for the Masters title, Barry Hawkins collapsed in the last 4 innings, originally, in the first 10 innings, Barry Hawkins also bit the big score with a general score of 4-6, but Barry Hawkins was immediately defeated, ending with a 0-4 general score, 4-10, once again in the final of the three major tournaments and did not win the first three major titles of his career, Barry Hawkins's glass heart was highlighted again!
The winning side, Neil Robertson, won the second Masters of his career, the sixth three-time championship (3 British Championships + 2 Masters + 1 World Championship), in the post-80s Five Tigers rankings, Neil Robertson was second only to Selby, the 9-time three-time champion Selby, 6-4 to shake off the third-ranked Ding Junhui, 6-3 to trump Trump and Murphy, the number of Masters championships, Neil Robertson also surpassed Ding Junhui 2-1. In addition, Neil Robertson is only one World Championship title away from the double-lap Grand Slam.