Neil Robertson cruises past Judd Trump to book final spot: 2012 Masters at Alexandra Palace
Australia’s Neil Robertson put an end to Judd Trump’s progress after beating him 6-3 in an easy semi-final encounter at Alexandra Palace. The match was expected to be one of the toughest encounters of the event but it finished in quite similar fashion to earlier games. The young Trump had no chance to unsettle his Aussie opponent and tumbled down by three frames.
Snooker Masters 2012, one of the Triple Crowns of world snooker featured some of the best snooker matches which included a couple of major upsets. The semi-final clash between the Englishman and Australian produced an unexpected result featuring the former World Snooker Champion as the winner.
The Robertson/Trump clash was one of the major upsets because the Bristolian executed outstanding pots from the beginning and was in a strong shape to claim the title. On the other hand, the Aussie potter had a bit of mixed luck during his campaign but he held his nerves and played sensibly during the semi-final to outplay his opponent.
Before the match, the odds were stacked heavily in favour of Trump as he had defeated Robertson at the 2011 UK Championship and the 2011 World Snooker Championship. The young Bristolian was considered to be one of the favourites to claim the 2012 Masters trophy. However, luck was favouring the Thunder from Down Under this time and he made his way straight to the finals.
The 29-year-old Robertson stunned his opponent with a superb 2-0 lead in the match after he grabbed the first two scrappy frames by 65-11 and 144-0, firing a couple of cracking knocks including a century clearance in Frame 2. Trump replied with his 76 knock and took the third set to move within one frame up at 2-1.
Robertson gave no further hope to Trump and won three consecutive frames by the score line of 89-0, 61-53 and 63-1. He was able to nudge the Englishman down by four frames at 5-1.
The 22-year-old Trump tried his best in the next session and clinched two straight frames but it was not enough from him, as Robertson secured the ninth frame in his favour by 74-24 and claimed the semi-final win. The World Number Four will be meeting England’s Shaun Murphy in the finals.
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