Final Session | Neil Robertson vs Mark Selby | 2020 Champion of Champions

The final session of the 2020 Champion of Champions semi-final between Neil Robertson and Mark Selby.

[@timsullivan4566]

Best semi in my memory!

[@davesmith5656]

The guys with the cameras are fantastic. Split-second timing from overview, to view from the inside of the pocket (pot). Really cool.

[@timsullivan4566]

Throughout the entire match, the audience was so respectfully quiet that you'd scarcely know they were even there!

[@Monstah7]

That's the finest snooker i think i've ever seen..

[@richardmiller3839]

Snooker is so exciting!

[@timsullivan4566]

Wonderful quip from commentator when the clearance masters finally were reduced by the pressure to surprising misses on what a frame earlier had seemed a "gimmie" : "The machines have become humans!"

[@zaidbelayachi7493]

Great great match

[@ajayshukla4282]

Both players are exillent

[@maareindian5221]

Machines have become humans , well said

[@nguliongkwong688]

Robertson is the player playing Top skills and Top snooker Kung -Fu.

[@happyfeet4506]

Selby can change his game to suit the opponent. He's an adaptive player and that's why he's such a dangerous player. He's good at mind games and has the patience of a Saint. He's a joy to watch

[@Sharukin88Arsanis]

Agree on most points. but I thought he could have been a bit more gracious in defeat at the end of the match and shaken hands with Robertson. Well, may be the power of money gained or lost has a great deal to do with our attitudes. So much for the Olympian spirit.

[@apenisadumaru4778]

@@Sharukin88Arsanis 4

[@chakko007]

@@Sharukin88Arsanis This is from the "glorious" Corona times, where noone was supposed to shake hands. Selby is a very fair player, just like everyone else in the sport.

[@bibek6713]

@@Sharukin88Arsanis dont think he was allowed to shake hands in 2020

[@RakibAmin]

@@Sharukin88Arsanis First of all, be careful about commenting on someone's manner. We don't know if you are half as decent as your high horse is carrying you. Secondly check the date, shaking hand was not recommended even if you were bathed in sanitizer. Thirdly, stop passive aggressiveness towards people with money just because you haven't got enough of it.

[@helenepiollet2087]

Somptueux.......

[@richardmiller3839]

This should be an Olympic sport.

[@helenepiollet2087]

Super somptueux

[@namenotfound3259]

I don't know a lot about snooker, can anyone please explain to me at 40:26 why Robertson didn't just put white ball at a good position and hit the red ball to score when he had the white ball in hand?

[@gashery]

In Snooker, ball-in-hand placement is not free. It is limited to within the half-circle. With that constraint in mind, he placed the cue ball where he found it to be optimal.

[@namenotfound3259]

@@gashery ok, I thought the white ball can be placed anywhere on the table when it's in hand, thanks for explaining.

[@FishnChips136]

I was pretty disappointed that Selby didn't offer to shake hands with Robertson after the match. It was a great give and take all the way through and I didn't see any reason that Mark should have been upset with Neil. Very surprised.

[@ghuff31]

He probably feels a bit disrespected. In a way, Robertson wasn't playing him; he was playing Trump, due to their wager over tonning. Neil was clearly going after the centuries, which bothered him.

[@Avigreenday1]

fluke snooker

[@hazartek3995]

its only because the match took place at the time the when the pandemic was at its peak and the players were discouraged maybe even disallowed to shake hands. mark selby is a true gentleman and an olympic. they played a few games head to head in 2021 and they've seemed to had no problems.

[@mikegallagher3700]

negative Selby again 😒

[@hemmojito]

Still among us, Stephen?....

[@albertvieira6635]

Stephen Hendry was spot-on excellent job with the commentary Mark give it a good shot Neil Robinson capitalize Stephen Hendry if you ever give up snooker you will make a good commentary person job well done like they would say over there in the UK Bravo job well done A+ across-the-board

[@shahnawazofficial4024]

good player robertson....

[@francoisbeau.regard6947]

Nous pouvons plus traduire en francais

[@user-pn6zl8rh6v]

Нилу повезло крупно, спасибо большое за игру!

[@alishahsikander8254]

Ok O

[@shubhamarora7105]

Thank you? Is he playing because you asked him to play? 😂 😂

[@jaya076]

No prize on the max break is shameful!

[@alginter2471]

Hendry is as fantastic of a commentator as he was a player!

[@moonsinglaw8362]

3//

[@RByrne]

Yeah, very naturally speaking with great insight. He knows the players games well too.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

If two guys play snooker in an empty warehouse, are either of them winners ?

[@alantmac]

Classic

[@maareindian5221]

One of the commentators said that

[@ChollieD]

13:54 the premature century applause.

[@susumuohara]

lol

[@chakko007]

Yeah, the sound guy pushed the button too early.

[@useinnyunt9161]

89b9

[@Baskerville22]

On his day, Robertson is as good as any.

[@shellsbignumber2]

Selby overthinking it again. 1:50:40

[@mikegallagher3700]

gamesmanship grinding out slow boring 😴 🎱snooker

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Neil has good record against Mark

[@lakshaykhidtta9517]

But not in world championships

[@philipjack5924]

Not at all cause the history record is 19 mark .. 18 neil

[@jchung6082]

you need a time clock to play with selby

[@theodorehui]

1:28:56 :O

[@stephenpritchard9954]

That silly last shot from sell

[@Butterfly07949]

I cant believe that they haven't got a better way to replace the balls in their exact places after a foul than the one they have now. I have an idea but would want to patent it first and I would say it is 99% accurate no question!

[@STEVE_K_J]

I remember watching this match live during the lockdown in 2020. Scintillating snooker this was, and in a weird way the lack of an audience gave it a sense of uniqueness. If there was a crowd I'm sure they would have been loving every minute like I did

[@sockington1]

what's the point of the ridiculous scaffolding all over the arena ? this commentator is almost as bad as Syd Waddell

[@glenc5185]

Is that the referee's breathing we can hear? Clothing movement? Made this impossible to watch with sound on.

[@johnjemeni1212]

Lol 🤭🤭🤭🤭… this match is in 2020 . Is this History Channel for snooker?????

[@ghuff31]

If I haven't watched it, it's new to me. :-)

[@adilsonserenisereni7580]

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[@Avigreenday1]

damn fluke snooker

[@zulyusof4252]

Lol...no hand shake or gestures from Slowby, too pissed off ehh?

[@johnswarbrick2365]

Filmed at the height of the pandemic so no hand shaking - Selby is currently ranked number 1 and as its his job he can play in any style he wants to - and finally if Selby upsets you so much you don't have to watch him. Switch off and watch Coronation Street. -

[@mikegallagher3700]

slowby quality and spot on boring 😴

[@iansansom6907]

Neil Robertson is now the World Champion; this was a very biased commentary where anything Selby did was wonderful, but Robertson's many amazing long pots were never acknowledged as being as brilliant as they were.

[@chakko007]

Did we watch the same game?

[@mikekavalerchik5226]

Hate that ref

[@scebacpm]

yeeehhh...Selby losses...yippeeee...oops sorry my bad...lol

[@pefontiykabolef503]

This gentleman should not play with Trump, he insults both Selby and Sullivan, he should be exiled to hard labor.

[@RossSatyr]

Total unability of both to think a plan and make it to reality in clearest situations - boredom on the third power

[@stephenpritchard9954]

If they paid me the dollars or pounds these people get paid I'd pot all the balls to just like that there's no pressure free money

[@mayureshdehankar6750]

They don't get paid anything for playing...you get paid only if you win

[@thrillseekers02]

@@mayureshdehankar6750 Son profesionales con ese simple echo ya les pagan, obviamente no la misma cifra que ganar un campeonato pero de igual manera reciben ganancias 🙄🤦‍♂️

[@mayureshdehankar6750]

@@thrillseekers02 English please

[@ghuff31]

I can't verify, but that could be one of the Top 5 dumbest comments on this thread. No, Top 3. Next, you'll be telling us that if you had a pouch, you'd be a kangaroo...

[@supreetcs2010]

Boring Selby . Keeps on staring at table

[@chaudhrywarriach1991]

2 good players but there game is boring not like trump or ronnie

[@mikegallagher3700]

spot on mate 👌