Top 10 moments of 2022/23 snooker season: No. 4 – Mark Williams becomes oldest maximum man in epic Neil Robertson battle

After the conclusion of another extraordinary snooker season, we pick 10 memorable moments from the 2022/23 campaign as captured by the Eurosport cameras. You can vote for your personal favourite when we reveal our final list of contenders later this month.

No. 4 – Williams sets new maximum record at English Open Ad «I don't think I've seen two players play that well in a best-of-nine,” said Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White, the six-time World Championship finalist, in his post-match assessment of a modern classic in the Home Nations.

World ChampionshipRobertson felt Jones 'was there for the taking' during shock World Championship loss22/04/2023 AT 18:21 Neil Robertson and Mark Williams – two genuine giants of the game – served up a quite delightful feast of snooker in their English Open quarter-final in December that saw both men exhibit the very best of attacking, clinical matchplay brilliance in Brentwood. Aussie icon Robertson helped himself to three centuries and fizzing frame-winning breaks in the 90s and 70s, with the carefree Williams responding with a landmark maximum, a century and a 60-odd of his own.

After their pulsating joust in the 2022 Masters semi-final – won 6-5 by Robertson from 5-3 behind on the final black after chasing two snookers in the last frame – this was another fabulous exhibition of pristine potting in a thunderous 5-3 triumph for a figure aptly titled 'The Thunder from Down Under'. “He’s the best player in the world at the minute,” said Williams.

“His scoring ability, there’s no one in the same league as him at the minute. “Every time he gets in, he doesn’t look like he’s going to miss.” Robertson began the match cooking with gas, sizzling as much as a slab of your finest steak on a boiling