There had only ever been 11 maximum breaks there in world championship history, until last night. what a moment for australia s neil robertson. the pre tournament favourite was fighting back in his match against jack lisowski. the crowds reaction obviously alerted the players on the other table to what had happened. they offered their congratulations. robertson won this tournament in 2010. he said he d achieved everything he could ever dream of 100 times over. but it wasn t enough to win him the match. he went out to a gutsy performance from lisowski, who took a final frame decider to win13 12 and set up another tough test, a quarterfinal meeting with four time champion john higgins. i ve never had a game like that in my life. the cheer when i potted the red at the end, i m just completely drained. i gave that everything i had, literally everything. neil is the best player in the world at the moment and the way that he came back at me tonight, you know, it felt like he was
To the world snooker championship, and there s no greater achievement in the sport than a 147 break, and before monday, there d only been eleven made at the crucible in its history. so what a moment for australia s neil robertson, applause. the pre tournament favourite, who sent the crowd wild with just the twelfth maximum in the history of this sport s iconic venue. it came at a crucial time in an epic second round match too, with robertson fighting back against england s jack lisowski. he had been 9 7 down at the start of the evening session, and this match going on late into the night in the united kingdom. so robertson, despite making that 147, ended up losing the match and is out. a gutsy performance from lisowski, who won in an final frame decider, 13 12 which sent him into the quarterfinals,
Robertson won this tournament in 2010 he said he d achieved everything he could ever dream of, 100 times over. but it wasn t enough to win him the match. he went out to a gutsy performance from lisowski, who took a final frame decider to win13 12 and set up another tough test a quarter final meeting with four time champion john higgins. i ve never had a game like that in my life. the cheer when i potted the red at the end, i m just completely drained. i gave that everything i had, literally everything. neil is the best player in the world at the moment and the way that he came back at me tonight, you know, it felt like he was punching me, i was like losing all the energy out my body. but then i ve just drawn on the stuff i ve learned and thinking about the hard work that i ve put in. if you re wondering what happened on the other table, another long, late night tussle went the way ofjudd trump, winner of the title three years ago. he held off a determined push from anthony mcgill t