Neil Robertson received the Masters for the second time, ten years after his first by beating Barry Hawkins by 10-4 within the closing. This brings Neil’s tally of Triple Crown occasions to 6: one World Championship, two Masters, three UK Championships.
Neil celebrated along with his household, his spouse Mille, his son Alexander and his daughter Penelope
The match was performed at Alexandra Palace in London, from the ninth to the sixteenth of January 2022, in entrance of a capability, boisterous crowd that gave each participant large help. All detailed outcomes can be found on snooker.org.
Judd Trump and Mark Selby have been additionally concerned within the match. Each misplaced to the identical man, Barry Hawkins: Mark misplaced by 6-1 within the QFs, Judd by 6-5 within the SFs.
Probably the most extraordinary match of the match was Neil’s semi-final towards Mark Williams. It went to a deciding body: Neil received it on the final black, having wanted two snookers. After that Neil felt that basically he had nothing to lose, and was in a position to play with freedom within the closing and benefit from the event.
That is what he needed to say after the ultimate (supply: WST)
“I’m so pleased to win this excellent title once more. I had my first win after Alexander was born at this occasion again in 2012. I at all times wished to do a repeat with Penelope right here as properly, so I’m pleased to try this,” stated 39-year-old Robertson.
“Barry was the underdog tonight and I felt like I used to be the villain spoiling the fairytale at some factors. He’s such an exquisite participant. He actually deserves to win one of many large titles. I needed to keep focussed with the job at hand. I knew that almost all of the group have been with him. Fortunately with my expertise I knew find out how to silence that just a little bit, play properly and get a very good lead.
“After I received my first title I believed I’d have the ability to return to Australia pleased. Who’d have thought I’d nonetheless be dwelling right here 16 years later. I feel numerous issues have occurred since Barry Hearn took over and gave us extra alternatives to play. He has been an enormous a part of permitting myself and the entire nice gamers within the recreation to win as a lot as we have now.
“So many individuals have stated they’ve by no means seen something like my deciding body with Mark Williams in sport, not to mention snooker. I used to be completely lifeless and buried and swiftly it was like a phoenix rising from the ashes.”
