Ronnie O'Sullivan believes Neil Robertson, as a 39-year-old snooker player, will not improve further at his age, but he doesn't think Robertson, who has just won the Masters, needs to get better.
文/Phil Haigh，《Metro》
On Sunday night, Neil Robertson won his second Masters title by beating Barry Hawkins 10-4 in the Masters final at Alexandria Palace.
After back-to-back victories over Anthony McGill and Ronnie O'Sullivan, Robertson engaged mark Williams in the semi-finals, winning three straight sets with Williams getting the match point and achieving a tiebreaker reversal by scoring two snooker penalties, a semi-final that completely ignited the enthusiastic audience at Alexandria Palace.
O'Sullivan, who has always been a big Fan of Robertson, said after Robertson's semi-final victory over Williams: "He's really great. He talked well and played very well. Being able to have him is fantastic for the sport and everyone loves him. He's a strong contender, which is very good. ”
After Robertson won the Masters, O'Sullivan once again expressed his admiration for Robertson. But O'Sullivan said the 39-year-old was too good to make any progress, which seemed a little strange to his compliments.
In an interview with Eurosport, O'Sullivan said: "He was very passionate about snooker, he loved snooker, and even when he fell out of the tour and was penniless, he said 'I'm going to go back and try again'. ”
"It's persistence and confidence in his personal abilities. He must have known 'I can play better than I am now'. ”
"He has straight, silky moves and he always shoots a lot of incredible shots. He must have known he had the ability to play every ball on the table, he was just going to learn how Tony went and played, and he got some advice from Stephen Hendry on how to score consecutive points. ”
"He's not going to get better, but when he's good enough, he doesn't need to get any better."
"You just have to keep maintaining and managing everything you have."
"The worst thing you can do is try and improve, and a lot of times you just have to fine-tune it. Choose a suitable itinerary for you and selectively participate in important competitions. ”