Robertson looked flustered before the interval, but he was decisive in his shot-selection and closed out the frame with a fluent break of Higgins looked disgusted after letting Robertson in in the previous frame. When presented with a chance of his own after Robertson missed a tough red down the right rail, he stepped in ruthlessly to pick through a tricky table - with a break of 55 moving him to within one frame of the winning post. The Scot led Allen in Belfast, and the nerves would have started as Robertson played with freedom - taking two frames on the spin, the latter with a brilliant century clearance to force a decider.
Robertson broke off in the decider last year and did not get another shot, as Trump won it with a century. There was no Trump ton on this occasion, and both had chances as the tension ramped up. Higgins missed a massive chance when in the balls. He continually ran out of position and continually knocked in recovery pots.
But he went to the well once too often, and a miss handed Robertson a chance he took to take his first title of the season, and first since getting married earlier in the year. Celebrations in the Robertson household, but it will be a different mood in the Higgins camp.
The English Open final is shaping up to be a classic, as Neil Robertson holds a slender lead over John Higgins after the opening session. Robertson was the better of the two in the afternoon, dominating in all departments and scoring heavier on the back of bold, attacking play. But the Scot did not look comfortable early, as he missed a long red by a distance and a tight cut back into the right corner in the opener. His opponent stepped in with a break of 57 to secure the frame.
The Scot took time to settle in his semi-final win over Ronnie O'Sullivan, and it was a similar scenario against Robertson. He went in-off in the second and later in the frame missed a long red, the kind of pot he had been knocking in for fun earlier in the week. The World Snooker Championship started on Saturday 17th April , a return to its usual April slot after moving to August last year due to restrictions.
He defeated Kyren Wilson during a rampant performance in the final to claim his sixth world title. The match of the tournament, and one of the greatest in recent memory, came during the semi-finals as Wilson battled against Anthony McGill. Wilson eventually triumphed after a stunning minute deciding frame that had the nation on the edge of its seat.
Fans have been steadily reintroduced for the World Snooker Championships, gradually swelling throughout the tournament. The opening rounds contained 33 per cent capacity audiences inside the arena, before 50 per cent were allowed in for the second round onwards.
The quarter-finals and semi-finals went ahead with 75 per cent capacity crowds before the final, the showpiece event of world snooker, has been green lit for per cent capacity. Every seat in the house will be occupied.
Fans will be required to wear masks, but not adhere to strict social distancing rules as part of the government-backed pilot scheme being rolled out at the Championship.
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