24 May 2010: Austrian Snooker Open
Neil finished Runner-Up in the Austrian Snooker Open, defeated 6-4 in the final by Judd Trump.
Quarter Final: 4-2 over Peter Ebdon
Semi Final: 5-3 over Mark King
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23 May 2010: Austrian Snooker Open
Neil progressed through the round robin stage without losing a frame, and also compiled a maximum break (147). Knock-out stage results:
Last 64: 3-0 over Soner Sari
Last 32: 3-1 over Mark Davis
Last 16: 3-1 over Stuart Bingham
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12 May 2010: Special Announcement
Neil and his partner Mille welcome into the world their first child, Alexander. Mille and baby are both doing well.
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03 May 2010: Australia has a new world champion
Neil defeated Graeme Dott 18-13 to claim his first world title, and extend his record to 5 wins from 5 ranking event finals, with 1 victory in each of the last 5 calendar years.
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02 May 2010: World Championship - Final
After their first session Neil trailed Graeme Dott by 5-3, but at the end of
the second session Neil leads by 9-7. Play resumes 3pm Monday (UK time).
FOXTEL will broadcast the third and fourth sessions LIVE in Australia, so if you don't have it at home, find yourself a venue and help us cheer Neil across the line to become Australia's first snooker world champion.
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01 May 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil defeated Ali Carter 17-12 to advance to his first world title final.
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30 April 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil leads Ali Carter 15-9 at the end of their third session. Their fourth and final session starts at 2.30pm Saturday (UK time).
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30 April 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil leads Ali Carter 10-6 at the end of their second session. Match resumes 7pm Friday (UK time).
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29 April 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil leads Ali Carter 6-2 at the end of their first of four sessions. Match resumes 10am Friday (UK time).
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28 April 2010: World Championship - Quarter Final
Neil defeated Steve Davis 13-5 to reach his second world championship semi-final in a row.
Semi-final session times (UK time):
2pm Thursday 29th
10am & 7pm Friday 30th
2.30pm Saturday 1st
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27 April 2010: World Championship - Quarter Final
At the end of the first session of his Quarter Final, Neil led Steve Davis 7-1, and at the end of the second session Neil leads 12-4.
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24 April 2010: World Championship - Last 16
Neil defeated Martin Gould 13-12 to advance to a Quarter Final encounter with Steve Davis.
Martin won the first 6 frames of their match and the first session ended with Neil trailing 2-6.
Martin extended his lead through the second session, which ended with Neil trailing 5-11.
Neil won the first 5 frames of the third session to close the gap to 10-11, before Martin won the 22nd frame to achieve 10-12, just one frame from victory. But Neil won the next 3 frames to complete a stunning comeback, winning a total of 8 of the 9 frames played in the final session.
Neil's Quarter Final against Steve Davis commences 10am Tuesday 27th (UK time).
Neil's post-match interview:
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21 April 2010: World Championship - Last 32
Neil defeated Fergal O'Brien 10-5 to advance to the Last 16.
At 69 minutes, the 13th frame was the joint third longest in Crucible history.
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20 April 2010: World Championship - Last 32
Neil leads Fergal O'Brien 6-3 at the conclusion of their first session. Play resumes 2.30pm Wednesday 21st (UK time).
The third frame featured a deep screw blue described by the commentators as the shot of the tournament.
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30 March 2010: China Open - Last 16
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Peter Ebdon in the Last 16 of the China Open, however he did achieve a personal milestone by compiling his first maximum break (147) in a professional tournament.
Neil becomes the first Australian to join the exclusive "147 Club".
Video of Neil's 147: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and post-match interview.
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30 March 2010: China Open - Last 32
Neil defeated Mike Dunn 5-2, with breaks of 112, 88 and 102, to advance to the Last
16 where he will face either Peter Ebdon or Judd Trump.
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28 January 2010: Welsh Open - Last 16
Neil was defeated 5-2 by current title-holder Ali Carter.
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26 January 2010: Welsh Open - Last 32
Neil defeated Liu Song 5-2 to advance to the Last 16.
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12 January 2010: The Masters
Neil was defeated 6-4 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Frame Scores:
Neil Robertson 4-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan
78(65)-1, 102(101)-0, 74(34,34)-68(63), 3-114(114), 36-70(57), 0-87(87),
19-79(49), 140(140)-0, 14-106(106), 8-80(76)
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09 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil overcame his first session deficit to level the match at 8-8, but was ultimately defeated by John Higgins
9-8. Read Match Report [worldsnooker.com]
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08 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil trails reigning world champion John Higgins 5 frames to 3, at the end of their first session in the Last 16.
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06 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil won all 4 frames of his second session with breaks of 64, 53, 87, and 119 to defeat Tom Ford 9-3 and advance to the Last 16.
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05 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil concluded the first session of his 5th round match against Tom Ford ahead 5-3, including breaks of 100 and 137.
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12 November 2009: Premier League
Neil was defeated 2-4 by Shaun Murphy.
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05 November 2009: Premier League
Neil defeated Marco Fu 4-2.
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30 October 2009: Premier League
Neil was defeated by John Higgins 4-2.
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11 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil defeated Ding Junhui 9-4 to claim his second Grand Prix title and his 4th professional ranking title from 4 finals appearances.
In the final he also passed another milestone, compiling his 100th century in ranking events.
Neil wins the Grand Prix Championship 2009
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10 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil compiled 3 centuries on his way to a 6-5 semi final victory against John Higgins, which was decided on the black and featured extremely high quality snooker from both players.
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09 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil defeated Joe Perry 5-1 to advance to the Semi Finals of the Grand Prix.
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07 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil wins his Last 16 encounter with Ken Doherty 5-2, to advance to the Quarter Finals of the Grand Prix.
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05 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil has won his first round match against Gerard Greene 5-3. Neil's next match will be on Wednesday 7th October (random draw).
Frame Scores (Neil's Score First):
32(32)-95(79), 13-74, 74(56)-27, 0-97(97), 79(78)-5, 66-28, 85(61)-0, 77-41
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01 October 2009: Premier League
Neil draws his match with Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-3.
Frame Scores (Neil's Score First):
48-70, 84-6, 14-113, 42-86, 117-0, 72-4
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24 September 2009: Premier League
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Stephen Hendry in their week 3 Premier League match.
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08 September 2009: Roewe Shanghai Masters
Neil has lost to Ken Doherty 4-5 in a close first round match of the Roewe Shangahi Masters.
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03 September 2009: Premier League
Neil wins his first match in the Premier League 4-2 against Judd Trump.
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