On the morning of February 14, Beijing time, the Snooker Players Championship decided the champion of the season. With a record of 4-100 and 5-50+, Neil Robertson beat Hawkins 10-5 to win the tournament for the first time.
The Players Championship stone single season ranking top 16 can participate in the event, the championship prize money of 125,000 pounds, even a round will have a guarantee of 10,000 pounds of prize money, is the famous "welfare event". The title was the 22nd ranking tournament of Robertson's career, and with this victory, Robertson managed to tie Trump's record of 22 titles, ranking sixth on the championship list. Robertson and Barry Hawkins have played each other in the past, and Robertson has the upper hand. The most recent encounter was in this season's Masters final, where Robertson won 10-4 Hawkins.
Hawkins went all the way to defeat Zhao Xintong, kill Yan Bingtao, and overthrow the little giant Richie Wharton. Neil Robertson eliminated Karen Wilson, defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan and swept Jimmy Robertson. In this game, Hawkins took the lead in finding the feel, and won the opening red with 91 points. In the second set, Robertson scored 64 points through multiple starts to equalize the score 64-18. In the third inning, although Hawkins scored 55 points, Robertson scored 75 points through several starts, giving Robertson a 2-1 lead. At the beginning of the fourth inning, Robertson began to explode, hitting a hundred in three consecutive sets and keeping a clean sheet.
In the fourth inning, Robertson scored 107 points, in the fifth inning, Robertson scored 105 points, and in the sixth set Robertson scored 130 points. Successive high bursts made the fans cheer continuously. In the seventh inning, Hawkins scored 71 points through multiple starts, 71-0 to recover a set, and in the eighth inning, Hawkins used a single shot to score 137 points, and kept a clean sheet Robertson strongly chased another set. The score was 5-3, and Robertson led two sets.
After two consecutive clean sheets, Robertson quickly adjusted his form. In the ninth inning, Robertson scored 58 points to win 90-1. In the tenth set, Robertson shot two 50+ (64, 54) in a single set to win another set 118-1. The score was 7-3. In the eleventh set, Hawkins, not to be outdone, also scored 92 points through multiple starts, 92-0 and another clean sheet Robertson, and the score is now 7-4.
In the twelfth set, Hawkins continued his hand, playing a single 61 points, 96-26 to chase another set, the score was 7-5. But then Robertson began his performance again, hitting Hawkins unbeaten. In the thirteenth set, Robertson scored 116 points, contributing his 4th single shot to break the 100. In the fourteenth inning, Robertson scored 51 points to keep a clean sheet and made it 9-5 to match point. In the fifteenth inning, Robertson didn't give Hawkins a chance, scoring 69 points to end the game 77-1 and win the Players Championship 10-5! Received £125,000 in championship prize money!
At this point, the Players Tournament is over. A total of 25 shots were shot through the 100, of which mainland Yan Bingtao scored 6 to break the 100 to occupy the top spot, and the champion Neil Robertson was tied for the first place. The highest single-shot score is Karen Wilson's single-shot 141 points.