WELL!! WELL!! WELL!!
REMARKABLE ROBBO RUINS RONNIE'S RECORD RUN!!
YES FOLKS!! NEIL ROBERTSON FROM AUSTRALIA HAS BEATEN RONALD O'SULLIVAN IN COVENTRY TONIGHT!! BY SIX FRAMES TO FIVE!!!
THE MATCH WAS HARD FOUGHT WITH RONNIE APPEARING TO TRY HIS ABSOLUTE BEST TO MAINTAIN HIS RECORD OF REACHING THE FINAL EVERY TIME HE HAS PLAYED SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS IN 2013. BUT TO NO AVAIL!!!
AND THIS LOSS FOR RONNIE WAS LOOKING UNLIKELY AFTER HE WENT 5-4 AHEAD WITH A BLACK THAT ONLY JUST MADE ITS WAY IN TO A TOP POCKET!! HOWEVER RONNIE FAILED TO SCORE A SINGLE POINT IN FRAME TEN AND THEN HE WASTED A MATCH WINNING OPPORTUNITY IN FRAME 11 WITH A MISCUE!! AND ROBBO STEPPED IN AND CLAIMED THE VICTORY!!
IT SEEMED ROBBO'S SUPERIOR DIET WAS CRITICAL IN THE VERDICT ULTMATELY FAVOURING HIM WITH RONNIE APPEARING SLUGGISH AND TIRED NEAR THE CONCLUSION WITH INCREASING ERRORS COMING FROM HIS CUE, WITH MOST EXPERTS SUGGESTING THAT HIS ANIMAL BASED DIET WAS A CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR TO HIS DECLINE IN TONIGHT'S ENCOUNTER. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT RONNIE!!!
CONCLUSION: ROBBO WAS WELL WORTH HIS VICTORY (TO THE WINNER THE SPOILS!) RONNIE GAVE EVERYTHING BUT IT IS APPARENT THAT HIS DECLINE IS TERMINAL NOW. HIS AGE (AND DIET) ARE FINDING HIM OUT AND NO AMOUNT OF RUNNING CAN SAVE HIM FROM FREEFALLING INTO THE ABYSS IN TERMS OF THE WORLD RANKINGS. IF O'SULLIVAN DOESN'T WIN IN BELFAST NEXT WEEK HE SHOULD PROBABLY CALL IT TIME ON HIS CAREER. AND ROBBO LOOKS SET TO CONTINUE HIS UPWARD CURVE ON THE GRAPH, HELPED BY HEALTHY EATING AND DEDICATED PRACTICE!!