Hawkins, who was overwhelmed by John Higgins within the 2018 remaining, took management early on, successful the opening body with a break of 105.

And though Lisowski drew stage within the second body, Hawkins would then go on to win six in a row.

One other century break within the fourth body got here in between three half-century breaks of 67, 76 and 88.

The afternoon ended with one other Hawkins body, as he led Lisowski 7-1 going into the match’s remaining session.

Lisowski, who was enjoying in his first Welsh Open remaining, confirmed nice struggle when the sport restarted, placing collectively back-to-back century breaks to remind his opponent there was nonetheless work to do.

The 34-year-old then got here out on high of a 40-minute body which swung each methods to cut back Hawkins’ result in 7-4.

However Lisowski’s momentum was ended within the following body, as an extended security shot from Hawkins resulted in a crimson ball discovering the underside left pocket of the desk.

And Hawkins made the a lot of the alternative, placing collectively a break of 68 to place him on the cusp of victory.

Lisowski managed to win yet another body, with a break of 53, earlier than Hawkins clinched the Welsh Open title within the 14th body of the ultimate.

“I used to be very poor regardless of attempting my finest,” stated Lisowski.

“Barry was by far the higher participant right now and he deserves his win.

“He is been nice to me my entire profession, even once I was very younger. He is at all times given me the time of day so I am very comfortable for him.”