Radish: 3 Jie 4 Tiger Zhao Xin Tong Yan Bingtao creates a smorgasbord of competitive atmosphere, winning the championship is like walking on the tip of a knife, without mentioning Ding Junhui.
Robertson beat Hawkins 10-5 in the final of the Players Championship to win the Players' Championship for the first time in his career.
Robertson, the 10-year world champion, won the 22nd ranking title of his career. That put him on a tie with 2019 World Championship champion Trump for 6th all-time.
Robertson reached the finals of the tournament in 2012 and 2013, but lost to Stephen Lee and Ding Junhui respectively. He also reached the final in 2019 and eventually lost to the Rockets. He finally ended his losing streak in the tournament's final on his 4th attempt tonight. The title earned him £125,000.
He has now improved his record against Hawkins, who have won all six of their last six encounters. The final was a remake of last month's Masters final, when Robertson won 10-4.
Robertson, who has secured a spot on the Tour with a £125,000 income, is the tournament's reigning champion. Despite winning the tournament 12 months ago, the tournament only invites players from the top 8 of the season. Robertson is no. 6 this week and is now rising to No. 2.
Hawkins, who won £50,000 in runners-up prize money, continues his quest for a fourth ranking title of his career. The Londoner last won the ranking title at the 2017 World Grand Prix. But he can take some comfort from his consecutive highlights over the past two seasons – he has reached the semi-finals four times and reached the finals twice.
In the first stage of the evening, Robertson first lost one set and then shot 3 consecutive shots to break the 100 107, 105 and 130 points in one go to play a five-game whip to take a 5-1 lead. Hawkins adjusted in time to play a single 92 point to pull back the key two sets to keep the game suspenseful.
Returning from the second stage at 3 a.m., the radish returned with 58, 64 and 54 consecutive single shots to open the gap again with a 7-3 score. But Hawkins refused to fall behind, stepped up his attack, and chased the score to 5-7.
Returning from the break, Robertson's state erupted once again mercilessly. He added to the heavy lift, winning three consecutive sets with 116, 51 and 69 points to win 10-5.
"Winning the championship surprised me. Before the race, I didn't have much hope of winning the championship because I had just been unblocked a few days before the start of the tournament and there was no systematic preparation training. ”
"In the semi-finals, I didn't play at my best, but I played well at key moments and won tough. But today in this final, I played my best ball. Barry showed extraordinary personality (stubborn resistance), chasing after him twice, once 5-3 and once 7-5. But at two key points, I found something new to end the other side's counterattack. ”
"I'm really proud to have won 22 ranking titles, plus two victories at the Masters and the championship in between. Higgins has said that this is the toughest time in snooker history. There are 75 three jies, as well as me, Xiaote, Selby, Murphy, and Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao. This pattern creates an atmosphere of smorgasbord with unimaginable double requirements in terms of experience and spiritual fullness, allowing each contestant to play as if tiptoeing on the tip of a knife. ”
Robertson didn't even mention Ding Junhui when he talked about the snooker environment constructed by these top players with unprecedented competition. The focus only on the Four Tigers and Three Masters and the young Chinese players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao. (Code word translation is very laborious, please click to pay attention to moisturizer AB)