Neil Robertson produces magical positional shot as Judd Trump leads final Championship League group

ByEurosport

Published 01/03/2023 at 22:42 GMT

Neil Robertson produced a stunning positional shot at the Championship League on Wednesday to show why he will be a major threat at the World Championship next month. The Melburnian is struggling to qualify for the Tour Championship at the end of March, but looks in fine touch before his annual trip to the Crucible. Stream top snooker action live on discovery+, the Eurosport app and Eurosport.com

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Neil Robertson warmed up for his latest World Championship bid next month by producing a miraculous positional shot at the Championship League in Leicester's Morningside Arena on Wednesday.

The 2010 Crucible winner trailed 1-0 to Jack Lisowski before starting to flow with a deep screw shot in potting a red seeing him work the white back off a side cushion before coming back through two reds, almost through the eye of a needle, to land perfectly on the black.

"Some shot that. There is barely room for the cue ball to go through the reds," says match commentator David Hendon.

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The Melburnian progressed to complete a 101 break in the second frame before adding 96 and 64 on his way to a polished victory at the invitational event.

Robertson needs to win the World Snooker Tour Classic (16-22 March) to keep alive his faint hopes of qualifying for the Tour Championship at the end of the month, an elite eight-man event he has won over the past two seasons.

The 47th World Championship will be staged at the Crucible Sheffield between 15 April and 1 May.

Robertson finished the day alongside Kyren Wilson and defending champion John Higgins on two points with Masters champion Judd Trump setting the pace at the top of the winners' group courtesy of a maximum three points from his three outings.

Trump enjoyed 3-1 wins against Xiao Guodong, Kyren Wilson and Lisowski respectively.

Lisowski compiled the highest break of the day with a 142 in a 3-1 win against Xiao, his solitary win from four matches, with Stuart Bingham and Xiao also on one point having played one less match.

The top four in the group will progress to a semi-finals and final on Thursday evening with the winner of the tournament securing a spot in the Champion of Champions later this year.