In the fourth game of the first round of the World Snooker Masters, which ended in the early morning of January 11, 2022, Beijing time, "Magician" Sean Murphy was in a slump, scoring only a single shot of 69 points, thus losing 2-6 to the World Championships with 103 points, 65 points, 67 points, 60 points and 69 points. Hawkins, on the other hand, has managed to break through and he will hopefully return to his Masters Final Four. It is worth mentioning that Murphy's injury is still the most critical factor in his continued downturn.
Murphy won two straight sets in a 2-2 draw with Hawkins
In the first half of the game between Murphy and Hawkins, Murphy's overall performance was still remarkable. In the first set, Hawkins won the game 95-31 with a good performance of 65 points in a single shot, thus taking a 1-0 lead over Murphy. In the second set, Murphy was strong, single-handedly blasting 69 points to win the game 85:29 to return to the same running line with a 1-1 draw with Hawkins. The game moved into the third inning, and Murphy scored 70 points several times to win the game 70-8 to take a 2-1 lead over Hawkins. In the fourth set, Hawkins single-handedly scored 67 points to win the game 68:28 to draw Murphy 2-2 back to the same starting point in the second two sides.
Hawkins took the match point after taking a 5-2 lead over Murphy
After the game entered the second half, Hawkins's performance was still strong, but Murphy's performance was unsatisfactory. The game came to the fifth set, although Murphy scored 54 points, but Hawkins still performed a single-shot 60 point performance to stage a single set reversal at 64:54 to take a 3-2 lead over Murphy again, and this game was also a turning point in the game. In the sixth inning, Hawkins again gave a very good performance. Murphy made a mistake after scoring six points, and Hawkins single-handedly scored 103 points to win the game 103-6 to continue Murphy's 4-2 lead and widen the gap between the two sides to two innings. In the seventh set, Hawkins scored a 69-point 69-0 clean sheet against opponent Murphy to win the game directly, thus leading Murphy 5-2 and successfully winning the match point.
Murphy was 2-6 out of hawkins
After winning four consecutive sets, Hawkins not only held the match point, but also put a huge pressure on Murphy, which also completely disrupted Murphy's rhythm. After entering the eighth set, Hawkins's performance is still very good, and he will win the game 70:14 with multiple opportunities to win the game 70-14 to beat Murphy 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of this tournament. It is worth mentioning that Murphy's injury is still the key to his current inability to maintain normalcy. Judging from the performance of the whole game, Murphy was still remarkable at the beginning of the game, but after entering the second half, the after-effects of his injury were very obvious. In the middle and long game, Murphy's advantage is not very obvious, the main reason is that his current physical condition is not suitable for more practice. And it's for this reason that Murphy's current state is really difficult to maintain. In addition to this factor, Murphy still likes to take the initiative to find opportunities in the game, which is also an objective factor that he is prone to mistakes in the game, because his current performance is not suitable for this style of play. But on another level, competitive sports are all about making choices, and Murphy's current state doesn't seem to have any better options.