World Snooker Championship 2021 - Neil Robertson leads Kyren Wilson, McGill level with Bingham
ByEurosport
Updated 27/04/2021 at 13:39 GMT
Neil Robertson got off to a fast start against Kyren Wilson and never looked back as he comfortably led throughout an entertaining opening session to their World Snooker Championship quarter-final clash on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Stuart Bingham is level at 4-4 with Anthony McGill. Both matches will resume at 7pm BST. Watch the World Snooker Championship live on Eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport App.
Neil Robertson leads Kyren Wilson 5-3 after their opening session in the quarter-final of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible on Tuesday.
The Australian got off to a blistering start with a ton - his 70th century of the season - before a 64 break from Wilson pulled the 2020 runner-up level.
But Robertson ensured he would have a two-frame advantage going into the mid-session interval with further breaks of 56 and 104 as he grew into the contest.
At 3-1 up, Robertson produced arguably the fluke of the championship as he potted the blue by smashing it off a middle pocket and the yellow before it rolled into the green pocket. The Thunder from Down Under finished the frame on 70.
Wilson reduced the deficit with a fine break of 76, but the Tour and UK Championship winner went on to extend his lead yet again by potting the yellow to see off a mammoth frame.
Wilson salvaged the last frame of a lengthy morning session to ensure he remains in contention ahead of the evening's action.
On the other table from the morning session, Anthony McGill - who knocked out Ronnie O'Sullivan in a final-frame decider in the second round - is level at 4-4 with Stuart Bingham.
The Scot stole the first frame off Bingham by clearing blue, pink and black before extending his lead with a break of 59.
But Bingham came roaring back, registering breaks of 60, 64 and an emphatic 122 to go 3-2 up. McGill restored parity with a break of 64, but Bingham's second century of the match put him back in front.
McGill continued to fight and he edged the final frame to ensure we go four apiece into the evening session.
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