Ken Doherty
1997 world champion on BBC Two

That will give Barry Hawkins confidence and relief as well. He has not played anywhere near his best but just like he did against Judd Trump he is hanging in there.

Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two

Barry Hawkins will be delighted with that. That's how to hit a ball when you need to pot a red.

Crikey what is going on here? Neil Robertson makes eight and inadvertently clips the blue into the top right corner after shanking a pot to the middle.

Barry Hawkins is back in an immediately faced with a difficult long red up to the top right corner after knocking in a red and pink. In it drops. Brilliant.

He'll be back at 2-2 at the mid-session interval.

That chance to Barry Hawkins amounts to five points.

What a disappointment for the Englishman who leaves Neil Robertson with a red to the bottom right bag after a miss on the blue.

Wow. Neil Robertson has missed a black to the bottom left corner. You'd fancy him to pot that nine times out of 10.

Barry Hawkins has a reprieve he was not expecting and is among the balls.

Different gravy. Neil Robertson flicks a red into the bottom right corner and follows up with a difficult green to the left middle.

This could well be a chance to nick the frame.

This is more like it from Barry Hawkins. He rolls the black into the bottom left from a very uncomfortable position and goes on to make 35 before running out of position.

Has Barry Hawkins left a red into the middle from his break? Yep.

Honestly it's amazing how often that seems to happen these days. The world number four can't clip that in mind and gets a tad lucky to not leave anything for his opponent.

However, a missed red to the bottom right, gives Hawkins a good chance to get going.

Ken Doherty
1997 world champion on BBC Two

Robertson is up and running. It was a cardinal mistake from Barry Hawkins. I like Neil Robertson when he plays at that pace.

He looks a lot more fluent and a lot more confident and sees his shots quicker.

Robertson goes ahead with fine centurypublished at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2022

14:18 GMT 16 January 2022

Frame three: Robertson 2-1 Hawkins

It's only a century. Only. Neil Robertson's run comes to an end on 105 after missing a double to the middle bag.

There is a possible 142 break on the cards here. Neil Robertson has just checked.

At the moment Stuart Bingham is laying claim to the £15,000 prize for that after a making a 139 in his defeat to Kyren Wilson earlier in the tournament.

Neil Robertson is not hanging around here. He reaches a half century in no time at all.

The 2012 winner popped out of the arena before the start of this frame. Has he come back with his shooting boots on?

Back to matters at hand.

Neil Robertson gets a touch lucky to leave Barry Hawkins on the top cushion after wildly thrashing at a red to the bottom right corner.

And his opponent follows up with an error - attempting to roll onto the pack dead weight, but pushing an easy starter out for the Australian.

Mark Williams probably would have expected to be in this final.

But of course we all know what happened in his dramatic final-frame decider against Neil Robertson on Saturday.

And it looks like he fancies an afternoon without any snooker at all.

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World number one Mark Selby admits he "needs help" and a "huge weight" has been lifted off his shoulders after speaking out publicly about struggles with his mental health.

Selby, 38, was knocked out of the Masters following a heavy 6-1 quarter-final defeat by finalist Barry Hawkins.

After the match, he apologised on social media, external saying he had suffered "a relapse" with his mental health.

"Feel I don't have to hide behind the mask anymore," Selby tweeted on Sunday.

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Barry Hawkins knocks in a lovely red and a stunning blue but can't turn it into anything meaningful.

A couple of shots down the line he leaves Robertson and easy opener to the middle. Frame over.

Neil Robertson is going through the gears now but can't quite wrap the frame up at this visit. Still he pockets a handy 61-point lead.

John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Two

There have been some pots in this for a break of 17.

Much better from Neil Robertson who absolutely rockets a red into the heart of the bottom left corner from mid range. Could that be the moment to get him going?

He's now up to 12 but battling with the cue ball to hold position. In goes the blue.

First blood Barry Hawkins in the second frame as he knocks another long red into the bottom right bin. But he sees the black rattle in the jaws. That was a toughie with the white nestled on the cushion.

Neil Robertson gets back to the table and makes 21 before running out of pots.

Neither player on full gas yet.