In the first stage of the World Snooker Players Championship, which just ended in the early morning of February 14, 2022, Beijing time, "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson and "World Championship Evergreen" Barry Hawkins staged eight wonderful games. In these eight innings, Robertson's performance can be described as very good. Although Hawkins exploded with 91 points in the first set to win the first set, Robertson then won a 5-1 lead in five consecutive sets with his superb opportunity-taking ability and single shot 107, 105 and 130 points. Fortunately, Hawkins then won two consecutive sets with his ability to seize multiple opportunities and a single shot of 137 points. At the end of the first stage, Robertson took a 5-3 lead.
Robertson won three straight sets to take a 3-1 lead over Hawkins
In the first half of the game between the two sides, Hawkins was obviously in a better form, but he was the side behind the score, and psychological quality became the key to the game. In the first set, Hawkins took the lead in the form, and he took a 1-0 lead with a straight clean sheet with a single shot of 91 points. In the second set, Robertson drew 1-1 with Hawkins by winning the game 64-18 on several mobile phones. In the third inning, Hawkins scored the first red ball and scored 55 points, and Robertson scored 75 points through two chances to play and won the game 75-55 to take a 2-1 lead over Hawkins. In the fourth set, Robertson finally played a fiery single shot directly to blast a 107-point clean sheet to take advantage of Hawkins 3-1.
Robertson won two more sets to take a 5-1 lead over Hawkins
After the game entered the second half, the two men played very cautiously as soon as they came up. The game moved to the fifth inning, and the two men went through two swings before returning to the official game. After the game officially began, Hawkins took the lead in making a mistake, and Robertson scored the red ball to get a chance to play. After several dismantlings, Robertson managed to blast a single 105-point clean sheet to take a 4-1 lead over Hawkins to take advantage of three innings. In the sixth inning, the two men started defensive mode as soon as they came up, but Robertson clearly had the advantage in such a duel, and he took the lead in playing a high-quality defense. Hawkins then tried to solve the mistake of the thin side of the red ball, leaving Robertson with a good mobile phone meeting. Robertson scored the red ball and shot a 130-point clean sheet for Hawkins to take a 5-1 lead.
Hawkins trailed Robertson 3-5 in two consecutive sets
The game entered the seventh set, Hawkins took the lead in the error, Robertson tried to attack the far platform and made a mistake, which was also Robertson's first far platform error in this game. Hawkins then scored a red ball and won the mobile session, but he made a mistake after only 29 points and was forced to choose defense. Robertson tried to defend again and made another mistake, hawkins scored a red ball in the right bottom pocket to win the mobile session again, and then scored another 31 points to choose to defend. Robertson made a mistake in his attempt to attack, and Hawkins scored the red ball again and eventually won the game 71-0 to make it 2-5 behind Robertson. In the eighth inning, Robertson was given four points for the first batting error, and then left Hawkins with the opportunity to attack from afar. Hawkins scored the red ball in the left bottom pocket and trailed Robertson 3-5 with a strong performance of 137 points in a single shot.