‘The best it’s ever been’ – Neil Robertson thrilled with preparation ahead of World Snooker Championship

Former world champion Neil Robertson has said that his preparation for the Crucible is the ‘best it’s ever been’ after having more time than usual to prep for the showpiece event of the season. Robertson, the 2010 champion, has missed parts of the season with illness and whilst it hasn’t been enough to knock him out of the top 16 it did see him miss a couple of the tournaments before the World Championship starts. Ad Speaking to Eurosport’s Rachel Casey ahead of the tournament Robertson said there was something special about the Crucible, and he was happy with the way he had prepared.

World ChampionshipMurphy expects World Championship 'tear up' with O'Sullivan, Robertson and Trump3 HOURS AGO The Australian said: “Yeah, it is [different and special]. Whether you’ve had a good season, bad season, indifferent season, as soon as you punch in the Crucible on your SatNav, you get very excited, as I did this morning driving up. So yeah, different coming in this year to last year, off the back of winning the Players Champs and Tour Champs, I guess you could say I've had a good sort of four weeks to prepare for this, the first time, kind of ever really.

“A lot of the time coming in I’ve won the big, massive tournament before. Whereas this time, you know, I looked at the calendar, I'm like ‘okay, I'm not in those two events. I need to make the most of the time.’ “And I've absolutely done that.

My preparation is probably the best it's ever been coming in here. Setting up practice sessions with other players, playing a lot my own multiple sessions every day playing morning and night. Never done that before.” Robertson revealed he had been practicing with the likes of Stuart Bingham and Chris Wakelin saying that he had “Set up a few