HAWK: I CAN NAIL THIS

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BY SHANE MacDERMOTT BARRY HAWKINS is desperate to scratch a five-year itch in today’s Players Championship final in Wolverhampton.

The Hawk’s last ranking crown came at the 2017 World Grand Prix. And the world No.11 is determined to give a good account of himself after heavy defeats in his last two showpieces.

Hawkins was hammered 11-3 by Mark Selby in the 2018 China Open final and 10-4 by Neil Robertson at last month’s Masters.

“It would be amazing to win a trophy after so long,” he admitted. “But I’ve been in this position before so I don’t want to get too carried away. I just want to go out there and put in a good performance.”