Snooker: Robertson sails into UK semis

Australia’s Neil Robertson advanced into semi-finals of the UK Championships after he beat China’s Ding Junhui 6-2.

YORK: Australia’s Neil Robertson advanced into the semi-finals of the UK Championships after he beat China’s Ding Junhui 6-2. Robertson was locked at 2-2 with Ding at the mid-session interval but the left-hander won the next four frames. He now faces Judd Trump after the Englishman defeated Scotland’s Stephen Maguire 6-3. In other quarter-finals, Mark Allen beat Hong Kong’s Marco Fu 6-5, while Ricky Walden defeated former world champion Shaun Murphy 6-3.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 10^th, 2011.