On the morning of February 12, Beijing time, the results of the players' championship came. Last-time champion Higgins lost to Jimmy Robertson, who will compete for a ticket to the final in the next round against Neil Robertson, with the two eventual winners coming against Hawkins. Hawkins eliminated Richie Wharton 6-2 in the game, shooting a three-shot 50+ and a one-shot 1000 to hit the championship prize money of 120,000.
The Players Tournament is recognized as a "welfare tournament" and is contested by players ranked top 16 in a single season. As of the German Masters this season, Zhao Xintong is the top seeded player with two championships in a single season (British Championship champion and German Masters champion), but unfortunately, Zhao Xintong, who participated in the first time in the event, did not survive the first round and lost to Hawkins. Then in the second round, Hawkins met another young player on the mainland, Yan Bingtao, and finally killed Yan Bingtao 6-5 in a situation that was once behind.
In this game, Hawkins played against Richie Walton, and walton scored 69 points in the first round, and in the second set, Walton scored 60 points, but Hawkins scored 70 points through multiple starts to equalize the score. In the third set, the two sides went into a fight, and Hawkins scored 84 points through several starts to take a 2-1 lead 84-24. In the fourth inning, Hawkins scored another 56 points to win another set, 63-0 to take a 3-1 advantage and enter the halftime.
In the fifth inning after a short break, Walton took the lead in finding the rhythm, scoring 54 points to return the inning at 81-31. But Hawkins quickly regained his grip, first bursting a single shot of 135 points, followed by a single 61 points, 5-2 to the match point. In the eighth set, Walton failed to take the opportunity to score, and Hawkins ended the game with a single shot of 79 points after getting on the game, and the score was 6-2 to advance to the semifinals. He will face the winner between Jimmy Robertson and Neil Robertson in the semi-finals. At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 13, Jimmy Robertson vs Neil Robertson, welcome to lock the Kuaishou account Superstar Online Watch the live broadcast and the latest replay of the game.