The semi-finals of the 2021-2022 Snooker Players Championship are all over, "Melbourne Machine", the world's fourth-ranked Neil Robertson in the semi-finals, in the game with the "big dark horse" Jimmy Robertson, Neil Robertson has always controlled the initiative of the game, and finally he swept Jimmy Robertson 6:1, and advanced to the final of the Players Championship, which is also Neil Robertson's fourth final this season and the 35th time in his career to reach the final of the competition. He will attack the 22nd ranking championship, if he can win Neil Robertson's ranking championship will be tied with Trump, tied for the first place among all the "post-80s" players, considering that Neil Robertson's "three major" champions are much higher than Trump, it is not an exaggeration to say that Neil Robertson is the "strongest of the post-80s" at this stage, Neil Robertson's final opponent is "Mr. Stability" Hawkins, Hawkins in another game to advance to the final after sweeping Rich Wharton.
The second semi-final of the Players' Championship was played between two "Robertsons", with world number four Neil Robertson playing against Jimmy Robertson, who is also a "post-80s" player. Neil Robertson is in quite good shape in this game, the first round of the game Neil Robertson and the "strongest after 90" Karen Wilson launched a fierce battle, and finally Robertson defeated the opponent 6:4 to advance to the quarterfinals, the last round of the game Neil Robertson against Snooker known as the "best in history" O'Sullivan, the result Neil Robertson played better, and finally he eliminated the championship favorite O'Sullivan 6:3 and then advanced to the final four. Jimmy Robertson, ranked 38th in the world, is also in good shape in this game, the first round of the game Jimmy Robertson faced the No. 2 seed Of the tournament Brechel, Jimmy Robertson was in a state of explosion, he swept Brechel 6:1, strongly advanced to the quarterfinals, the last round of the game Jimmy Robertson and four-time World Championship winner Higgins, the result of Jimmy Robertson in the beginning of the passive final 6:4 reverse defeat "Wizard" Higgins, strong promotion to the final four of the Players Championship.
I thought the game would be a match of equal strength, but the final result of the game showed a one-sided situation, the first game Jimmy Robertson took the lead in the attack, but he quickly stopped the attack, Neil Robertson found the opportunity to play a single 86 points and then took the lead in the next city. In the second set, Jimmy Robertson missed the opportunity to equalize, the two sides were evenly matched, Neil Robertson relied on a more stable play to win another set of 66:32 to lead 2:0, the third set progressed similarly to the second set, both sides had a chance but the last laugh was Neil Robertson, who won 70:38, the big score 3:0 far ahead. In the fourth set, the two sides were in a bitter battle, Jimmy Robertson won 74:67 in a chaotic situation and won back a city, in the fifth game Jimmy Robertson also had a chance to win, but he failed to seize the opportunity, Neil Robertson singled 55 points and then won 65:34, the sixth game the two sides played very fiercely, Neil Robertson won 58:36 and won 5:1 match points, in the seventh game Neil Robertson single shot 53 points and won 102:18, the total score was 6:1 to sweep the "dark horse" Jimmy Robertson, Advance to the final of the Players' Championship with your head held high.
"The strongest after the 80s" Neil Robertson will compete with "Stable" Mr. Hawkins for the championship of this season's Players Championship, which is also the second time in a month that the two have met in the final, and at the Masters last month, the two will be in the final, and finally Neil Robertson won the championship with a big victory over his opponent. Neil Robertson and Hawkins have played a lot of times, Neil Robertson has the advantage of 16 wins and 10 losses, and the last three meetings with Neil Robertson have finally won, so Hawkins can be called Neil Robertson's "lucky star". So far Neil Robertson has won a total of 21 ranking championships, and Hawkins has 3 ranking championships in the account, from the perspective of the strength of the two sides, Neil Robertson has the advantage, currently Neil Robertson is ranked fourth in the world, and Hawkins is ranked 11th, Hawkins Although there are few ups and downs in the game, his semi-finals, final win rate is not high, which is why Hawkins has a stable performance but is not considered a top master. This season Neil Robertson is in a state of explosion, after he has reached the final three times to get two championships and a runner-up, this players championship, Neil Robertson is expected to win the ranking championship again, after all, the overall strength of the opponent Hawkins is obviously not as good as himself, Neil Robertson has no reason to waste the opportunity, the players championship final will use a 19-game 10-win system, looking forward to both of them have a good play.