Gibraltar Open 2022 - 'Nobody's achieved what I've achieved' - Neil Robertson affirms status as a snooker 'great'

Neil Robertson believes he is in ‘a different category to a lot of other people’ in snooker after his achievements in the game. The Australian who has won three titles this season including the Masters, picked up a 4-2 win over Liang Wenbo in the first round of the Gibraltar Open. Ad/> Speaking afterwards, Robertson, 40, was asked if he considered himself one of the greats of the game and his response was emphatic.

/> Gibraltar OpenHawkins suffers surprise exit to Zhang3 HOURS AGO “I don't think you can really dispute that,” he told WST. “I'm the only person in the history of the game that has been able to do what I've done. “You know, the only world champion to come from the southern hemisphere.

Nobody's achieved what I've achieved in the game. “So I'm in a different sort of category than a lot of other people.” Robertson forced to dig deep to overcome Liang in Gibraltar opener Gibraltar Open 2022 — Latest results, scores, schedule Is Hendry set to quit comeback after opting out of World Championship? Robertson has a haul of 22 career rankings titles to date but believes he could have won even more if he didn’t grow up in Australia; he says himself and players like China’s Ding Junhui are trailblazers in the sport. /> “I think if I was a kid who was brought up in the UK, I probably would have won a lot more because I would have started four or five years earlier and ahead of the time I did.

“But in saying that, I've had an unbelievable career and you look at players like Ding and what they've done for the sport as well. “We've seen a lot of overseas winners this season, which has been fantastic. “I like to think that Ding and I have shown that it can be done living on the other side of the world.