Beijing time on April 19 news, the first round of the Snooker World Championship, the champion Neal Robertson launched a big counterattack in a very passive situation, falling behind from 1-3, winning 4 consecutive sets to overtake, 5-3 lead, refusing to become the background board of the dark horse Hugel.
In the qualifying stage, Hugel can be said to be revived, and in the battle with Gould, Hurgil fell behind by a big score, then won 4 consecutive sets, and finally won in the decider, and for the first time in his career, he reached the main tournament of the World Championships, becoming one of the top 3 newcomers to the World Championships in Crucible. In the first round of the main tournament, Hugel welcomed his most formidable opponent: title-winning favourite Neil Robertson.
Unsurprisingly in the first inning, Neil Robertson scored 127 points on a single shot. In the second set, Hurgil scored the first World Championship 50+ of his career, winning by 85 points, winning the first set of the world championship of his career. Neil Robertson fell into a rare slump as Hugel won another third set 79-20. In the fourth set, Hugel scored 77 points to give a 3-1 lead.
In the fifth game, Neil Robertson, who had gone through the break, won again, although he still relied on the many mistakes of his opponent Hugel, but the good thing was to stop the decline. In the sixth set, Neil Robertson found his accuracy and scored 72 points to win. In the seventh inning, Neil Robertson scored a 97-point win. In the eighth inning, Neil Robertson blasted out the 56th of the season and the 843rd of his career to break the 100, and scored 109 points!
It can be said that Neil Robertson has fully recovered his form, and the possibility of Hugger's upset is very small.