Australian Open 2012 - Day 4
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| Local-star Robbo is out |
Yesterday marked Neil Robertson's end of run in his home land tournament, Mark Davis having a lot to do with it.
Although Robbo opened with a break of 88, a huge kick during the second frame stopped him from taking a 2-0 lead, but cleared the way for Mark Davis and his "rain of breaks" (67, 65, 81 and 61) that practically left Robertson not standing a chance.
Also hammered, also out of the tournament was Scotland's Jamie Burnett who lost the cues battle against a pretty determined Marco Fu, whose breaks of 66, 77 and 65 certainly did the trick.
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| Ebbo keeps on potting for victory |
And since we are on the Matthew Selt subject, the player who during last year tournament had a glorious run seemed that he's back for more victories than ever as he is to be responsible for another exit, this time his victim being Ryan Day.
The lads went hand in hand, step by step up until three apiece but from that point on it was Selt who made it happen as he flew at 5-3 and into the quarter-finals.
Ding Junhui and Peter Ebdon engaged into an epic "fight of cues" with the world champion managing to get the Chinese star into all sorts of trouble.
It was a match that had it all: drama, big breaks, tension, a re-spotted black. The players weren't separated by more than one frame and although Ding forced the decider it was Ebbo's 70 break that sent him into the next round.
Martin Gould also secured himself a spot into the next round as he managed to win 5-4 over Cao Yupeng in a match that saw the biggest break of this tournament, a perfect 143 hit by the Chinese snooker player.
Today the action continues in the quarter-finals with:
1pm
29) Shaun Murphy v Peter Ebdon
30) Stephen Lee v Marco Fu
7.30pm
27) Matthew Selt v Barry Hawkins
28) Martin Gould v Mark Davis
*all hours are local time
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