After a week of batteling it out in the crucible theather, Ausrtalia's Neil Robertson has shown to the whole world that hes worthy of being in the top 16 and definitly has the heart for the battle!
Neil Robertson, The thunder from down under, has represented Australia for numerous years and has set high standards for Australia snooker.
After passing threw the qualifying rounds, Neil found himself against Fergal O'Brien in the first round. Fighting hard neil has a easy win earning himself a ticket into the 2nd round of the World Championships with a 10-5 win. In round 2 He foundhimself against a ex poker dealer to professional snooker player Martin Gould.
Neil commented "The first session when he went 6-0 up, if John Higgins or Ronnie O'Sullivan had played like that I would have gone they played so well but from Martin who you guys haven't seen a lot of I was scratching my head and wondering what was going on, has he nicked Ronnie's soul or something. He was going for everything and it was going in, even all the hards balls."
It seemed everything was flying Martin as the conclusion of the first session.
Fighting back the second session Neil was down 11-5 and definitly needed to start nailing some frames down as it was a race to 13.
"It was just one of the days today, nothing I did seemed to work. Neil put me under pressure and I didn't handle it." said Martin Gould.
Neil Robertson has become the only second player in the crucible history to win trailing 11-5 going into a final session.
Neil now has to face a multiple world champion the legendary Steve Davis, to make the first ever 147 Break on television!
Steve Davis must be one of those fairy tale storys, this guys looking threw i think 60 year eyes and can still make big breaks. He defeatetd 2 players of the top 16 and even defeating last years champion John Higgins!
Steve Davis Vs Neil Robertson for a place in the Semi Finals! Who will rise vistorious!
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