Neil Robertson described beating Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-9 to win the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters as the greatest victory of his career after sensational final in Jeddah.
Trailing 6-2 after the first session, O’Sullivan had a scoring chance in the opening frame tonight but on 33 ran out of position then over-cut a risky red to a top corner. Robertson took advantage with a break of 97 to go five frames clear, before O’Sullivan pulled one back with a tremendous 139 total clearance, his 11th century of the tournament and 1,300th of his career.
The Englishman then rattled in further runs of 97, 89 and 57 to close to 7-6. In frame 14, Robertson had a chance to regain momentum, but he lost position on 33 then missed a difficult red, and again O’Sullivan took advantage with a break of 80 to square the tie. Having lost five in a row, Robertson made a 75 to edge 8-7 ahead, and had chances in frame 16 but couldn’t take them. It came down to the colours and O’Sullivan laid a fiendish snooker on the brown, and from the chance that followed he converted an excellent mid-range brown, adding blue and pink for 8-8.
A break of 64 put O’Sullivan in charge of frame 17 and he went on to take the lead for the first time. He had an early chance in the 18th but failed to land on a red when splitting the pack on 16, and Robertson rolled a tough red into a centre pocket to initiate a superb run of 101 for 9-9. Again O’Sullivan was among the balls in the decider but was unlucky not to open the pack on 31. He later midjudged a safety to leave Robertson an opening, and he remained calm throughout, including a difficult last red to a baulk corner.
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Trailing 6-2 after the first session, O’Sullivan had a scoring chance in the opening frame tonight but on 33 ran out of position then over-cut a risky red to a top corner. Robertson took advantage with a break of 97 to go five frames clear, before O’Sullivan pulled one back with a tremendous 139 total clearance, his 11th century of the tournament and 1,300th of his career.
The Englishman then rattled in further runs of 97, 89 and 57 to close to 7-6. In frame 14, Robertson had a chance to regain momentum, but he lost position on 33 then missed a difficult red, and again O’Sullivan took advantage with a break of 80 to square the tie. Having lost five in a row, Robertson made a 75 to edge 8-7 ahead, and had chances in frame 16 but couldn’t take them. It came down to the colours and O’Sullivan laid a fiendish snooker on the brown, and from the chance that followed he converted an excellent mid-range brown, adding blue and pink for 8-8.
A break of 64 put O’Sullivan in charge of frame 17 and he went on to take the lead for the first time. He had an early chance in the 18th but failed to land on a red when splitting the pack on 16, and Robertson rolled a tough red into a centre pocket to initiate a superb run of 101 for 9-9. Again O’Sullivan was among the balls in the decider but was unlucky not to open the pack on 31. He later midjudged a safety to leave Robertson an opening, and he remained calm throughout, including a difficult last red to a baulk corner.
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