Neil Robertson v Wu Yize live stream | English Open 2024 Final preview
Robertson and Yize do battle for glory in Brentwood (PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo)
Neil Robertson goes head to head with Wu Yize for the 2024 English Open crown at Brentwood Centre on Sunday.
We are set for only the second Home Nations final between two overseas players, who will do battle over 17 frames for the Steve Davis trophy and top prize of £100,000.
Ironically, Robertson featured in the first such showpiece, overturning an 8-4 deficit to deny Cao Yupeng at the 2017 Scottish Open.
The Aussie is now seeking his fourth title in the Series, which would move him the joint-second most successful player with Mark Selby, and behind only Judd Trump (six).
Robertson has performed superbly to reach his 37th ranking final – and first since the 2022 Tour Championship – along with his third English Open showpiece.
The 2021 champion has dropped just five frames this week, seeing off Jackson Page, Shaun Murphy, Ross Muir, Barry Hawkins and Chris Wakelin along the way.
And he is now just one victory away from sealing his return to the top 16 at the expense of John Higgins, whose 29-year stay in snooker’s elite bracket would end.
Meanwhile, Yize is gearing up for the biggest day of his career to date, as he becomes the 14th different player from China to contest a ranking final.
The 20-year-old has defeated two former World champions en route in Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump, who he dethroned in the quarter-finals, while Ali Carter, Ben Woollaston and Ishpreet Singh Chadha have also been beaten.
And the world number 41 now stands on the brink of becoming the 18th different winner of a Home Nations event since the Series began in 2016.
He has beaten Robertson before, doing so at last season’s European Masters. Although, the Australian was a dominant 10-3 winner in their highest-profile encounter at the 2023 World Championship, where he notably compiled two breaks of 146 in the final three frames.
Play gets under way at 1pm BST on Sunday with the opening eight frames, before playing to a conclusion at 7pm with a maximum of nine at Brentwood Centre.
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