UK Championship 2013/2014

[daffie]

former world champ my guess is SH

I thought so as well.

[HIPPY147]

Uk champ

Great win to Neil Robertson

[Hal]

great match, congratulations to Neil, well played Mark .... really did not know for which one of them I got to cheer, cause they both are among my very top favourite players

[Masterdoctorgenius]

so

current masters champ: mark
current Uk champ: Neil
current WC: Ronnie

looks good

neil and selby both prevented each other to defend their respective titles

[Dr_Doctor]

Amazing come back/. Well done Neil Robertson. Now I'm going to disappear off until the next tournament. See ya.

[scottley]

Well done Robbo, hell of a comeback, i just hope Mark can win the next one, roll on The Masters!

[Byrom]

good win for Neil Robertson - off to the bookies tomorrow with a smile -

[DeanH]

Amazing come back/. Well done Neil Robertson. Now I'm going to disappear off until the next tournament. See ya.

Why not stay around and enjoy TSF to its full

Great end to the last 10+ days

[Where's Willie?]

Well done, Neil Robertson! Fantastic performance to win from 5-1 down. Also great respect to Selby for the way he played and so gracious in defeat.

[Erwan_BZH]

Splendid final and what a great show from these two top blokes! Tremendous comeback from Neil for a well deserved win!
This is the kind of matches that make you love snooker to death!

[Billy]

Interesting a former world champion sent him a text giving him advice during the interval..... I wonder who that was??

Whoever it was we can only presume he wanted Neil to beat Mark :eek-new:

Not sure he'll have appreciated Neil mentioning it, either, for that reason.

[Odrl]

I'm slightly disappointed it didn't last at least until midnight, but credit to Robertson for winning with a couple of frames to spare in the end, even though he was 5-1 down at one point. Maybe it was those last two frames of the afternoon that won him this match, because he definitely came out believing in himself tonight, and I just wonder if that would have been the case from 6-2 down for example.

Also interesting to hear he got advice to avoid all that safety and just go for it more, because that was definitely his problem earlier in the match. He refused two pots when he had his hand on the table in the second frame, and that just kind of set the tone for the whole of his performance in the first session.

I enjoyed some of the drama tonight, the pressure clearly getting to both players a bit, even though they are normally very strong. I wasn't too shocked Selby missed that black, because he had been making a lot of mistakes prior to that, so there was a kind of feeling in the air that there could be another twist. More surprised about Robertson's missed pink, I still don't know what he was doing there. :smile:

It was also nice to see the sporting atmosphere at the end of the match, and also the honesty of both players in the interview. But I'm not sure I would agree with Robertson that tonight was the best he's ever played in a final, and I've seen them all... :smile:

[arbitrage]

neil robertson is a true hero - he saved the sport of snooker tonight - should be awarded a victoria cross

[Byrom]

Thought it was all over at 5-1 down. Just goes to show things are never what they seem to be sometimes.

[SouthPaw]

UK Championship 2013/2014

That was an excellent tournament this year, had it all! Roll on the Masters...