Mark Selby admits he will “need to be on top of my game” if he is to make it past Neil Robertson and into the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland Open.
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Selby was unhappy with his focus in his won over Hammad Miah, but he showed his quality against White, knocking in a sparkling 132-break to seal his place in the last-eight.
The Northern Ireland Open is the one Home Nations event missing from Robertson’s CV.
With Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump and John Higgins already out, he will feel he has a big chance of getting his hands on the Alex Higgins Trophy.
“Neil is a brilliant player and one of the all-time greats of the game. Me and Neil have won a lot of tournaments and there aren’t that many that we haven’t.
“This tournament is one of them and I’ll be trying hard to put it on my CV.
“He has a good all-round game. WST put on Twitter a question about who the best long potter in the game is and Mark Williams said Neil for certain. I’d agree with that. It gets him out of trouble a lot.
“He is a difficult player to face. I will give it my best and see what happens.”
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Source: Euro Sports
