Neil Robertson has bemoaned the quality of the snooker tables at the York Barbican after crashing out of the UK Championship at the hands of Judd Trump. The suit was disturbed during the second structure as fans were asked to depart the arena follothriveg a medical materializency in the crowd.
And the Australian went on to blow a 3-1 direct as he lost five structures on the bounce, with Trump eventuassociate cruising to a 6-3 triumph.
Trump will now face three-time champion John Higgins in the second round after the Scot thrashed He Guoqiang 6-0.
“I slfinisherk probably the only two people who could be critical of our carry out was myself and Judd, becaengage unless you’re out there and you understand how difficult the conditions are carry outing today, that was hard,” Robertson elucidateed after the suit.
“When the mildman had an publish and we came off for 20 minutes, we were both sort of giggleing about it reassociate.
“I uncomardent, he’s almost missed the red off the shatter-off. That increates you how difficult slfinishergs were out there. Basic positional sboilings flying off the cushions, going two feet too far, has sort of been a bit of a pattern this week and I don’t slfinisherk the standard has been very outstanding becaengage of that.
“It was equitable a reassociate, reassociate hard game for both of us, and equitable a bit cursed reassociate that neither of us could carry out at our level.”
Trump, uncomardentwhile, also took aim at the table as he recommended the cushions didn’t behave in the manner he would predict.
“I did my best in both sessions [and played] as well as I could carry out in the conditions out there,” stated the Bristol-born star.
“So we both set up it hard. It’s difficult when you can’t carry out to your best out there in a huge event.
“We both struggled with conditions a little bit and equitable tried to not give up and hopefilledy it would turn around, hopefilledy Neil would miss a couple, or slfinishergs would go my way and that’s benevolent of what happened after the interval.
“The cushions were equitable very, very bouncy, very burdensome, so it was very difficult to stop the white. Every time you hit the ball it would go cforfeit a cushion and it’s hard becaengage it gets you down.
“I slfinisherk I’m someone that carry outs better in perfect conditions. When the table’s heavier, I’m probably one of the worst carry outers equitable becaengage I don’t hit the centre of the ball.”
