Neil Robertson raced to his second Masters title with a demolition of Barry Hawkins in Sunday's final, running out a convincing 10-4 winner.
Both players were forced to come through gruelling semi-finals that went the distance on Saturday, and Hawkins appeared to run out of steam in the concluding session a day later, losing five of the six frames played as Robertson took control of the match in the manner he had promised earlier in the day.
Twice Robertson appeared set to burst clear in the afternoon, only for Hawkins to peg him back, and resuming only 5-3 in arrears, the 2016 runner-up would have been hopeful he could take the game to his opponent just as he had done against the likes of Mark Selby and Judd Trump in the previous rounds.
In the end, Robertson just had too many guns, growing visibly stronger as his opponent weakened and finishing with a flurry of big breaks that treated a typically passionate London crowd to more of the wonderful snooker they have witnessed in one the most memorable Masters in recent years.
