Australian
Goldfields Open 2012 - Barry Hawkins downed Peter Ebdon in the final by 9-3 to
capture his first ranking title.
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| Barry Hawkins downed Peter Ebdon |
The Shoot-out Champion beaten likes
of Matthew Stevens and Mark Davis en route to make his first ranking final
while convincing Peter Ebdon edged out top players Ding Junhui, Shaun Murphy
and Marco Fu to reach his second final this year, after China Open in April.
Ebdon who was chasing for his tenth
ranking title found himself 1-4 down to Hawkins as his opponent made breaks of
57, 74, 106 and 116. The 2002 World Champion reduced the gap to 3-5 by winning
two frames out of the three in the first session.
However, Hawkins showed no signs of
nerve. The 33-year-old did not let any frame slipped during the night session,
winning four frames required with 133, 74 and 51 to win his first ranking
title. He pocketed a cheque of 73000 for winner's and highest break
prize.
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| Barry Hawkins |
"Winning my first ranking
event feels quite strange," said Hawkins, one of the circuit's most
popular players. "I don't think it has sunk in yet, I feel quite calm.
It'll probably sink in more when I get home and see the family. I'm delighted
obviously and it could be a big moment in my career hopefully. I just can't
believe it, I'm speechless.''
He added, "Even
during the good times there's still doubt, you start questioning yourself
thinking am I ever going to win a big tournament. I've come close quite a few
times but that was quite a few years ago now, and I hadn't reached a
quarter-final for a while so obviously the confidence was lacking a little bit.
I've been working with Terry Griffiths, just like Mark Davis, for the last year
or so and I won the Shoot-Out since I started working with him, I don't know if
it was a coincidence or not. But now I've won this so obviously I'm doing
something right. Fingers crossed that it isn't the last one.''
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| Peter Ebdon, the runner-up |
The runner-up
expressed his disappointment, "I
didn't have a very good day at all today, nothing really went for me and I
really struggled out there today in all departments and it's very
disappointing. It's not often that would happen to me in a final but every
credit to Barry, I thought he played really, really well. His all-round game
was very good, he scored very heavily, his long-game was good, touch, feel, cue
ball control, it was all there today.''
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