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'He's turned into a winning machine' — Robertson 'rightly favourite' says White Ad/> Neil Robertson has «turned into a winning machine» and is now rightly the favourite to triumph at the World Championship, according to Eurosport's Jimmy White. /> World Championship'Another beauty!' — Lisowski nails long pot from baulk end11 HOURS AGO The 'Thunder from Down Under' is living up to his tag as the tournament favourite in the process of reaching the second round with a win against Ashley Hugill.

Robertson roared back from 3-1 down in emphatic fashion as he reeled off the next eight frames to secure his place in the next round much more comfortably than it looked likely to be early on. He registered a string of stunning breaks in that eight-frame run, including 107, 119 and 132 in the seventh, eighth and ninth frames respectively.

The Australian had assumed a 6-3 overnight lead from Monday heading into Tuesday’s session. Robertson showed his class by concluding the match with a knock of 110 to secure his 58th ton of the season – more than anyone else — and White believes he has taken his game to a new level this year.

«On form, rightly so he is the favourite,» White said in the Eurosport studio in Sheffield after the match. «He has turned himself into a winning machine.