Robertson survives Wu comeback to win English Open

Neil Robertson has won nan English Open title for a 2nd clip by beating China's Wu Yize successful a thrilling final.

Australian Robertson raced into a 7-1 lead astatine nan interval successful nan best-of-17-frame lucifer successful Brentwood, Essex.

Wu shifted nan momentum erstwhile they returned to nan table, winning six of nan pursuing 7 frames to unit his measurement backmost into contention astatine 8-7.

But Robertson, who besides won nan 2021 edition, recovered conscionable successful clip to triumph 9-7.

"It was bully to get successful disconnected a fluke - it was astir apt nan only measurement I was going to cookware a ball," Robertson told Eurosport.

"He wholly froze maine out. He played nan champion snooker I've ever seen successful a 5 aliases six-frame period.

"You commencement reasoning of perchance runner-up speeches and really humble you're going to person to beryllium aft being 8-2 successful front."

Wu, 20, was featuring successful his first ranking-event last and has enjoyed a dream 10 days astatine nan Brentwood Centre, including beating world number 1 Judd Trump successful nan quarter-finals.