Neil Robertson wins Grand Prix

The 24 year old snookerstar from Australia, Neil Robertson won the Grand Prix yesterday. In the final he beat the even younger Jamie Cope (21 year old) from England. Robertson claimes Australias first ranking title ever and hopes his victory will inspire other young players in Australia.

At 8-2 to Robertson it seemed as if Cope just wanted the match to be over. After a lot of uncaracteristic misses from Cope who seemed taken by the moment Robertson advanced from 5-2 to 8-2 without problems. But then a couple of misstakes from Robertson gave Cope the chances and the time at the table he needes and he managed to pull back to 8-5 aganinst a now most nervous Robertson. Though Robertson managed to control his nerves in the next frame to secure victory 9-5.

Roberson said that his 5-1 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan built up his confidence for the rest of the matches. In the interwiev after the match Robertson said it was a good thing the audience weren't placed closer to the table, because if they were he'd probably have nocked a couple of them down with his shaking elbow in the last frames. He also said this has been the best week of his life! Robertson said he has been training hard for this event training at least six hours a day, and without visiting the pub or drinking a beer for the last month - the following week he has other plans. Now his going to relax and enjoy his victory!

For the resluts in the semi- and quarter finals see here: Globalsnookercentre.