Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 7 (reporter Zheng Zhi) in the final of the Star Brand Group’s 2019 World Snooker China Open held on the 7th, Neil Robertson completely suppressed Jack Lisovsky and won the championship at 11:4.
This is the second time that Lisovsky has reached the final of the ranking competition in his career. The last time was the Riga Masters in 2018. He was defeated by 2:5 in that final. The opponent at that time was Neil Robertson.
The scene of the final of Riga Masters replayed in the final of that day. Robertson showed the sharpness of the “Melbourne Machine”. In the second game, he scored 141 points for a single shot. In the seventh game, he scored another percentage for a single shot. After 10 games in the afternoon, 8 points had been established: 2 advantages. As a result, the evening performance game became a rubbish time. Lisovsky won two games, but Robertson won the 11:4 score without surprise. He won the Chinese open again after 2013.
“A few years ago, I almost fell out of a professional competition. Now I am the top 11 in the world, it feels good.” When summarizing my feelings, Lisovsky answered frankly after losing the game, but there was a little bit of intolerance in his words. “This season is not over yet, and I still hope to win the ranking competition.”
After winning the Chinese Open Championship, Robertson’s career ranking championship number reached 16. The 15 players who surpassed Mark Selby and 13 of Ding Junhui became the leaders of the post-80s players, which was also the first time in his career to achieve the glory of “The Treble” in a single season ranking.
“Unbelievable, if I was told at the beginning of my career that I would win 16 championships, I probably wouldn’t believe it.” Robertson sighed after the game, “we inspire each other in our career. I, Selby and Ding Junhui, we are the generation after O’Sullivan, Higgins and Williams, therefore, we are also trying to catch up with the performance of our predecessors. Ding Junhui, the better they perform, the more motivation I have to win more matches.”