{"id":238,"date":"2024-09-23T15:24:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=238"},"modified":"2024-09-23T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:24:56","slug":"breaking-robertson-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Robertson Is a Champion Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

BREAKING: Robertson Is a Champion Again<\/h1>\n

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Robertson Overcomes Scare Against Wu Yize to Claim English Open Title<\/h4>\n

Neil Robertson and Wu Yize put on a show at the Brentwood Centre in the English Open final.<\/h4>\n

Few fans would have given Wu a chance after he ended the afternoon session 7-1 down.<\/h4>\n

However, the 20-year-old showed his quality and made a real fight of it against his Australian rival. Robertson eventually came out on top, but Wu\u2019s defiant display will live long in the memory.<\/h4>\n

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Neil Robertson survived a scare in the evening session to defeat Wu Yize 9-7 and win the English Open for a second time.<\/div>\n
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The \u2018Thunder from Down Under\u2019 put on a sensational display to\u00a0storm into a 7-1 lead during the afternoon session, but Wu refused to give in during a closely fought contest.<\/div>\n
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Robertson defeated John Higgins in the final in 2021 and is the third player to have won the tournament twice, following in the footsteps of Judd Trump and Mark Selby.<\/div>\n
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Hot-favourite Robertson seemed to be in the ascendency at the end of the afternoon session after hitting a match-best break of 138 to extend his advantage to six frames.<\/div>\n
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That meant he returned for the evening\u2019s action at the Brentwood Centre needing two more frames to wrap up the win, but Wu would not go down without a fight.<\/div>\n
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He played his best snooker of the match, hitting a break of 127 to reduce the deficit to five.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Both players exchanged a number of safety shots at the start of the 10th frame, and even when the table opened up, neither could capitalise.<\/div>\n
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Robertson eventually took control, producing what turned out to be a crucial visit of 40 to restore his six-frame lead and take one step closer to victory.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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However, Wu played a thunderous shot to pot a red from range before going on to register his second century of the evening to make it 8-3.<\/div>\n
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He followed that up with a break of 82 to send it to the interval with the score at 8-4.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It was more of the same from Wu when the players returned, as he took the 13th following a break of 73 to boost his hopes of a remarkable comeback.<\/div>\n
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Those hopes of a comeback turned into a real chance when Wu took the 14th with a sublime break of 95\u00a0<\/b>to move within two of levelling the match.<\/div>\n
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Wu got a bit of luck on his way to a half-century in the 15th, and despite giving Robertson a route back into it, he held his nerve to claim his fifth consecutive frame.<\/div>\n
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However, it was not to be \u2013 despite getting in in the 16th with a stunning red and outrageous fluke of a black.<\/div>\n
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Robertson joked with the crowd after finally building some momentum courtesy of a fluke and left Wu needing a snooker after a break of 55.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The 20-year-old kept fighting, but the snooker did not come, and Robertson potted a red to seal the victory for his first title since 2022.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BREAKING: Robertson Is a Champion Again Robertson Overcomes Scare Against Wu Yize to Claim English Open Title Neil Robertson and Wu Yize put on a show at the Brentwood Centre in the English Open final. Few fans would have given Wu a chance after he ended the afternoon session 7-1 down. 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