<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoDisemba 2017, uHawkins wadlulela emzuliswaneni wesithathu we-UK Championship ngemuva kokushaya uKurt Dunham noHamad Miah, kodwa wakhipha u-Akani Songsermsawad ngemuva kokulahlekelwa yi-6-0. Ngemva komdlalo, uHawkins wathi wayethukile ngokudlala kwakhe. NgoJanuwari 2018, uHawkins wanqotshwa ngumdlali wokugcina uKyren Wilson emzuliswaneni wokuqala weMasters, walahlekelwa yi-64. NgoMashi, uHawkins wafinyelela kowamanqamu weWelsh Open ngemuva kokushaya abanjengoTom Ford, uMartin Gould, uYan Bingtao, noNoppon Saengkham. Wahlangana noJohn Higgins emdlalweni wokugcina. Naphezu kokwenza amakhulu amathathu eminyaka, wagcina elahlekelwe yi-97. Ngo-Ephreli, uHawkins wafika komunye umqhudelwano wokugcina emcimbini wokulinganisa, kulokhu wabhekana noMark Selby emdlalweni wokugcina we  <response>: I-China ivulekile. Kodwa uSelby, owayengumdlali ophethe, wabonakala enamandla kakhulu kuHawkins ngalolo suku, uHawkins wahlulwa ngo-113. NgoMeyi, uHawkins wagcina irekhodi lakhe elihle kakhulu e-Crucible, ngemuva kokushaya uStuart Carrington, uLyu Haotian, noDing Junhui, wafinyelela kwenye i-semi-final e-World Snooker Championship futhi wabhekana noMark Williams. Lo mdlalo wawuyingqophamlando, lapho abadlali ababili babethola khona ama-break angu-20 kwengu-50, uWilliams wagcina enqobile ngo-17 kuya ku-15. 