"Australian machine" Robertson made his debut at the World Championships. Neil Robertson advanced to round 2 with a 10-5 win over Ashley Hurgil at the Wade World Championship.
So far this season, Robertson, the Tour favourite, has been in hot form. In January, the Australian beat Barry Hawkins in the final at Alexandria Palace to win a second Masters title. Earlier this season he also won the English Open, the Players' Championship and the Tour.
However, Robertson has been underperforming at the World Championships in recent years, reaching only one semi-final in 2014 since beating Dortmund to claim the throne in 2010.
The 40-year-old admitted that in previous matches at Sheffield, his opponents determined the course of the game. This time, Robertson intends to show his snooker style in the game. His next opponent in the round was Lisovsky, who knocked Stevens out.
As a world championship debut, Hugel from Yorkshire can give himself a good reason to leave Crucible because he learned a lot from it. He won three consecutive qualifying matches at the British Institute of Sport, beating Jo O'Connor in the final round to win a place at the most important Stage World Championships.
Hugel made a fantastic start with a 3-1 lead over Robertson in the first stage of yesterday's game, however, after winning five straight sets in the world's 3rd Robertson, he trailed 3-6.
As Stage 2 drew near the end of the match, Robertson continued to play to his advantage, winning infinitely close to 9-3 after winning the first three sets.
Robertson didn't leave a single red ball to connect before it looked like he was going to seal up the victory, unfortunately, after blowing up the red ball pile after playing a single 42-pointer. Hugel responded with a single shot of 51 points to reduce the point difference. Subsequently, the 27-year-old added another 82 points to save two consecutive match points to continue to show his strength to the outside world. The score came to 5-9. However, Robertson refused to be reversed, and he successfully contained the opponent by blasting a single shot of 109 points in the 15th inning.
"I think I'm doing well. As a seed, it is not difficult for you to beat a new person because they have very little experience here. I maintained a positive momentum – shooting 3 to break the hundred and a lot of single 50+. I played well and took a 6-3 lead at the end of the first stage. Before The start of Stage 2 this morning, I just felt like playing the game was like having a professional job to do. 23-time ranking champion Robertson said.
He walked around the table and smiled, and he looked very comfortable. So I thought he was going to qualify for the main tournament and come here because he was carefree and stress-free. That's how he started the first stage. His 3-1 lead is also reasonable. I saw his family's faces through the camera as they watched his last qualifying match and they were happy to see him qualify. I hope he enjoys playing here and it's nice to see him playing with a smile (no pressure). ”
"I just have to play one game after another. The game is too long for you to overtake yourself overnight, looking for potential draws or something like "you want to play" in the first place. I do this in any race, no matter what it is. I could only play round after round at a time, and win round after round. ”
Hugel said: "It's incredible. At first I tried not to look in the audience because I thought it was a little scary. In the second stage, when the game was 9-3, I thought I should try a little bit to accept the fact that I was about to be eliminated, try to accept what I was doing. Debuting was an incredible achievement for me and I knew I could compete with the best players in the world. (Code word translation is very troublesome, please click to pay attention to the moisturizer AB thank you)