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Neil Robertson produces magical positional shot as Judd Trump leads final Championship League group

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Neil Robertson warmed up for his latest World Championship bid next month by producing a miraculous positional shot at the Championship League in Leicester's Morningside Arena on Wednesday.

The 2010 Crucible winner trailed 1-0 to Jack Lisowski before starting to flow with a deep screw shot in potting a red seeing him work the white back off a side cushion before coming back through two reds, almost through the eye of a needle, to land perfectly on the black.

Ad «Some shot that. There is barely room for the cue ball to go through the reds,» says match commentator David Hendon. SnookerWho does O'Sullivan face at WST Classic as he bids to keep Tour title dream alive?43 MINUTES AGO The Melburnian progressed to complete a 101 break in the second frame before adding 96 and 64 on his way to a polished victory at the invitational event.

Robertson needs to win the World Snooker Tour Classic (16-22 March) to keep alive his faint hopes of qualifying for the Tour Championship at the end of the month, an elite eight-man event he has won over the past two seasons.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan will miss the elite Tour Championship event later this month after withdrawing from the inaugural WST Classic on Sunday due to an elbow injury. He will be joined on the sidelines by Neil Robertson, who will be denied the chance to defend the Tour title following his shock 4-3 loss to world No. 65 Oliver Lines in the last 64.
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World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan got his WST Classic campaign up and running with two sparkling centuries in a 4-2 win over Egypt's Mohamed Ibrahim on Friday in Leicester. The world No. 1 needs to win the inaugural event and £80,000 first prize at the Morningside Arena to keep alive any prospect of qualifying for the eight-man Tour Championship in Hull at the end of the month (March 27-2 April).
Neil Robertson made a winning start to the WST Classic in Leicester on Thursday courtesy of a 4-2 victory over Luke Simmonds that included two trademark century breaks. The 2010 world champion enjoyed knocks of 100, 99, 61 and 103 as he overpowered the former Cornwall professional, who restored parity at 1-1 with a run of 67 in the second frame, to secure a last-64 encounter with Oliver Lines at the Morningside Arena. Ad Robertson needs to win the inaugural WST Classic to have any chance of qualifying and defending the Tour Championship in Hull at the end of the month, an event he has won twice over the past two years.

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