HONG KONG—Snooker fans were left disappointed two days in a row when their heroes crashed out of the 2017 Masters’ tournament when Neil Robertson earned the title with a hard fought victory over Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium last Sunday (July 23, 2017).
Only a day before, the Australian-born Robertson known as the ‘Melbourne Machine’ apologized to local fans after eliminating Hong Kong-born snooker sensation Marco Fu, who makes a professional career in England, 6-4 in a best of nine frames semi-final. Robertson advanced to the finals to take on O'Sullivan, another of the fans favourites.
To be fair, Robertson actually played faultlessly against a resurgent O'Sullivan who time and again, came out to rescue his game.
Both players took on an attacking game which included an exciting sudden death in the fourth frame which had ended at 67-67. O‘Sullivan finally took the frame when Robertson left the black in open territory. O’Sullivan (known as Rocket) for his fast-paced game followed it up with a 143 highest break in the next frame.
From then onwards Robertson took matters into his own hands as he took advantage of O'Sullivan when he had trouble adapting to his cue.
