Beijing time on March 27 news, the 2021 Snooker Tour Championship continues to compete in the semifinals. After the tenth inning, the winning favourite "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson, 8-2 hoisted three-time World Champion Mark Selby, to advance to the final and win only two more sets.
The Snooker Tour Championship is an extremely high-profile event that only players in the top eight of the world rankings in a single season can participate. In the quarterfinals, Selby eliminated "囧哥" Karen Wilson 10-3 to advance to the round of 4. Robertson beat Jack Lissovsky 10-5 to advance to the quarter-finals. Previously, the two of them had a total of 36 encounters, and the two sides were 19-17, with Selby slightly dominant.
In the first half of the semi-finals, Robertson played extremely domineeringly, blasting out one hundred and two 50+ in the first four innings to quickly win a 4-0 lead. In the back four sets of the first half, the two sides went 2-2. In the end, Robertson ended the first half with a 6-2 lead. Throughout the first half, Selby was completely overwhelmed by Robertson's attack and didn't have many chances.
After a few hours of halftime breaks and the scramble for the second half, both should be able to recover. However, Selby's form still did not return, and Robertson continued the fiery feeling of leading the opponent 4-0, 6-2 in the first half.
In the ninth inning, Selby was still cold, and he only scored 1 point, while Robertson blasted the first shot of the game (136 points) to win another set 140-1, and the advantage extended to 7-2.
In the tenth inning, Selby tried to fight back, but Robertson scored another 84 points and won another set 84-43, extending the advantage to 8-2.
8-2 was a big advantage, which meant Robertson only had to win two more sets to advance to the final. And if Selby wants to advance to the final, he has to play a wave of 8-1 super counterattacks, will there be?