Neil Robertson apologises after chair mishap in quarter-final match against Mark Selby at the Scottish Open
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ByEurosport
Published 03/12/2022 at 09:05 GMT
Neil Robertson did not see much of his chair after making a blistering start against Mark Selby, and when he went back to his seat he chose the wrong one and sat in his opponent’s during their quarter-final clash at the Scottish Open. Robertson would eventually win the match 5-2 but only after apologising for sitting in the wrong chair. Stream the Scottish Open on discovery+.
‘Oh, sorry!’ - Robertson sits in wrong chair during Scottish Open clash with Selby
Neil Robertson was in blistering form against Mark Selby at the Scottish Open.
The 2010 world champion would eventually win 5-2 against the four-time Crucible winner, but only after he had made an almighty rick in frame two of their quarter-final clash.
After putting together a 133 to take the first frame, Robertson was first to get on the scoreboard in the second. However, trying to play a safety, he left a red to the middle and then scuttled off to his seat. Or what he thought was his seat – he in fact sat down in his opponent’s chair.
‘Oh sorry!’ said Robertson after plotting down in opponent Selby’s seat.
"Wrong chair – I don’t think I have ever seen anything like that before,” exclaimed Phil Studd on commentary.
Neal Foulds – on co-commentary duty – had a theory on Robertson’s geographical slip, positing that the Melburnian had lost his bearings owing to his excellence on the baize.
“You know why?” asked Foulds. “He hadn’t sat in his chair, had he? He had been on the table so much, he had forgotten [where it was]!”
However, Studd added further context, saying:
“He has got some previous for being a bit scatty Neil and there is another example.”
Robertson is in semi-final action against Joe O'Connor from 19:00 UK time on Saturday.
Should he overcome the world No. 55, he will face the winner of Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Gary Wilson, who contest the other semi-final.
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