Neil Robertson reckons he needs to silence Ronnie O’Sullivan’s rowdy support early on Thursday afternoon in their Masters quarter-final.
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ROBERTSON: SHARAPOVA CASE IS A WAKE-UP CALL
Neil Robertson says Maria Sharapova’s failed doping test should serve as a lesson to all snooker players – and especially those making their way in the game.
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN CRUSHES RIVAL ROBERTSON IN CARDIFF
Ronnie O’Sullivan rattled off a magnificent seven frames in a row to claim a record-equalling fourth BetVictor Welsh Open title on Sunday night.
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN v ROBERTSON - A WELSH OPEN FINAL TO SAVOUR
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson have provided the BetVictor Welsh Open with a final to savour on Sunday – and the showpiece many neutrals wanted to see.
Read MoreDING 147 EARNS HIM FRIENDLY REBUKE FROM O'SULLIVAN
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui may have been in different quarter-finals – but the fates brought their stories together on Friday afternoon.
Read MoreMIXED FORTUNES FOR MAXIMUM MAN DING
Ding Junhui arrived in Cardiff out of form, but sporting a new bright red waistcoat. When it came to trying to engineer a change of fortunes, it looked like it was down to a straight choice between this and entering the arena with a lucky cat for the 11-time ranking event winner from China.
The 28-year-old Ding joined the huge Chinese community around the world in celebrating the nation’s New Year earlier in February, with 2016 marking the Year of the Monkey. And one tradition widely observed for the bringing of good luck is the wearing of red clothes. It got him to the quarter-final, but evidently it takes more than a sartorial tweak to stop a rampant Neil Robertson. Ding’s snazzy garment might have been the secret weapon behind a sixth career 147 maximum break in frame six, but it could not halt the Australian’s charge.
'THOSE' O'SULLIVAN CRUCIBLE VIEWS...AND REACTION
Ronnie O’Sullivan, who jetted in to Berlin to take up German Masters TV studio duties on Friday night, caused a stir this week with some strong views about the world championship format.
Read MoreIMPERIOUS ROBERTSON LANDS SECOND UK TITLE
NEIL ROBERTSON’S 10-5 victory over Liang Wenbo at York on Sunday night makes him the eighth player to have won the UK Championship title on more than one occasion.
Read MoreROBERTSON V LIANG FOR UK CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY
FOR THE FIRST TIME in its 39 stagings, the UK Championship final will be between two non-British players.
Read MoreCLASSY ROBERTSON IS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
NEIL ROBERTSON, like the great players of any era, thrives in a big match in a big arena with a big title on the line, as he proved by capturing the Champion of Champions in Coventry on Sunday night.
Read MoreROBERTSON HOPING FOR HOME WIN
NEIL ROBERTSON has won all the titles a player targets when they are starting out but there is one trophy remaining on his wish list.
Read MoreROBERTSON DEDICATION HITS NEW HEIGHTS
Neil Robertson insisted in the press conference following his first-round 10-2 win over Jamie Jones that he was for the first time in his career “regularly leaving the club after Joe Perry and practising as hard as I ever have for the World Championship”.
Perry, who also uses Cambridge as a training base, is usually only too ready to poke some fun at his friend and rival, and dismiss some of the Australian’s wilder claims – but he admitted in the corridor that on this occasion it was all true, and the 2010 champion had been focus and dedication personified ahead of the tournament after an early exit in Beijing.
ROBERTSON TIMES IT RIGHT IN GDYNIA
NEIL ROBERTSON’s capture of the Kreativ Dental Clinic Gdynia Open title netted his him first title since last June’s Wuxi Classic...
Read MoreROBERTSON ON BODY CLOCK, 'OWLS' AND 'LARKS'
NEIL Robertson believes that a recent survey focusing on significantly differing performance levels depending on personal body clock rings very true for snooker.
Read MoreMAJESTIC ROBERTSON SWEEPS INTO QUARTERS
THERE SEEMS TO BE a touch of the ‘beware the wounded animal’ syndrome about Neil Robertson judging by his performances so far in the Kreativ Dental German Masters.
Read MoreMASTERS FINALISTS GET REWARD FOR HARD WORK
BOTH of the Masters finalists, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy, can he held up as prime current examples of players leaving no stone unturned to make the best of their ability.
Read MoreROBERTSON AND MURPHY FIGHT FOR MASTERS GLORY
NEIL ROBERTSON and Shaun Murphy will face off for the £200,000 first prize in the Dafabet Masters final on Sunday.
Read MoreROBERTSON LOOKING THE PART AHEAD OF SUPREME TEST
NEIL Robertson has been champing at the bit all season to get a crack at Ronnie O’Sullivan and that will now happen at Alexandra Palace in a Masters semi-final on Saturday.
Read MoreCARTER: MASTERS WIN FEELS LIKE A CORNER TURNED
ALI Carter’s emphatic Masters victory over Barry Hawkins felt like a win worth far, far more than a quarter-final place, and the Captain’s post-match comments confirmed that suspicion.
Read More2014 IN REVIEW: MATCHES OF THE YEAR
WE CONTINUE OUR review of 2014 on the green baize by looking at the three best matches of the year…
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