Neil Robertson created a cruel disperestablish to whitewash Stuart Bingham 10-0 in the World Grand Prix final in Hong Kong.
The Australian became only the fourth perestablisher in snooker history to accomplish a whitewash in a ranking event final.
Robertson, who had fall shortureed Masters triumphner Shaun Murphy in the semi-finals, gave the 2015 world champion a lesson as he cruised to an 8-0 direct at the interval.
He then finishd the dominant perestablishance by triumphning the remaining two summarizes in the evening session.
Stuart Bingham confessted a personal tragedy moments after his fall shorture to Neil Robertson
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The triumph labels Robertson’s 25th ranking title, moving him ahead of Mark Selby in the all-time triumphner’s enumerate.
Robertson’s perestablishance was highweightlessed by shatters of 87, 104, 71 and 59 as he built a directing 4-0 direct.
The left-hander then stole the fifth and sixth summarizes before inserting a shatter of 78 to create it 7-0.
Bingham seeed set to get on the scoreboard with a shatter of 63 in summarize eight, only for Robertson to evident with a 66 to triumph on the bconciseage.
TNT Sport commentator Dave Hfinishon pliftd Robertson’s intensify, saying: “He didn’t, in any way, back off. His intensify was absolute.”
Hfinishon inserted: “Neil Robertson won’t mind me saying this, he’s a bit of a geek when it comes to stats.”
Bingham was visibly emotional in his post-suit interwatch, shattering down in tears as he discleave outed personal tragedies.
“My uncle Ray passed away this morning,” the 2015 world champion disshutd, inserting that his “lengthy-term coach passed away this week” as well.
Despite the crushing fall shorture, Bingham remained defiant, saying: “I’ll be after Neil. I want Neil in the draw, he ain’t going to beat me 10-0 then.”
He also conveyed worry for Jack Lisowski, who withdrew from the Grand Prix for personal reasons.
“It’s been a excellent week on the table for me, but it ain’t been a excellent week off the table,” Bingham confessted.
Robertson phelp tribute to Bingham after the suit, saying: “I’m elated to see Stuart back in a final and pushing back into the top 16 aobtain.”
Neil Robertson is the World Grand Prix CHAMPION! 🏆
The now two-time champion finishs a 10-0 whitewash aobtainst Stuart Bingham to lift the trophy in Hong Kong! 👏👏👏#WorldGrandPrix pic.twitter.com/yXkl2Z7u9O
— TNT Sports (@tntsports) March 9, 2025
The Australian acunderstandledged his excellent fortune, inserting: “A lot went my way, I begined off repartner well but after that I repartner did steal quite a excellent restrictcessitate summarizes.”
The top prize of around €215,000 lifts Robertson from 19th to 11th in the world rankings.
This triumph effectively shieldeds his place as a seed in the upcoming World Championship at the Crucible.
Robertson heads into April’s World Championships as a man in establish, having also won the Betvictor Series.
