Neil Robertson is the 2025 World Grand Prix Champion
13 April 2025
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The 2025 World Grand Prix was performed in Hong Kong for the primary time, from 4 to 9 March 2025, Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending champion however didn’t compete regardless of truly qualifying.
All Grove gamers, besides Luca Brecel, had certified.
Ding was the primary to exit the event, crushed 4-3 by Xu Si within the spherical of 32.
Wu Yize received his opening match, however went of by 4-2 to Stuart Bingham, the eventual runner-up, and it was Bingham once more who beat Mark Selby by 5-4 within the quarter-finals.
Neil Robertson beat Mark Allen (4-2), David Gilbert (4-1), Xiao Guodong (5-3), and Shaun Murphy (6-5) en path to the title match.
There he whitewashed Stuart Bingham … 10-0 … a fairly uncommon consequence at that stage within the professional recreation!
Congratulations Neil Robertson!
Here’s what Neil needed to say after the match:
The 3 times I’ve been right here to play in massive tournaments, I’ve received two of them. The strike fee is fairly good. I want I may play in Hong Kong each week! The occasion is superb and the gang yesterday and at this time has been good. They’ve created a beautiful environment. It’s a place that I actually get pleasure from coming to. Once you come to a rustic that there are many issues to do at, then you definitely virtually don’t need to depart.
“It is vitally uncommon to win by a whitewash in a last. It definitely wasn’t what I anticipated coming into the match at this time. I began brilliantly within the first 4 frames and after that I used to be in a position to capitalise on some errors from Stuart. I believe each gamers knew the writing was on the wall at six or seven nil. Going into tonight I wished to do my greatest to win 10-0. I really feel for Stuart, as he is a good man and we get alongside effectively.
“Working with Joe Perry this season has been nice. We collaborate daily. I message him a bit of bit an excessive amount of typically, as I’m so in depth with my match evaluation. I simply need to be sure that earlier than we transfer onto the following event, we have now coated every little thing. It’s a partnership that has been going very well. Additionally my sport psychologist Helen Davies has been superb. After shedding within the World Championship final yr, I’d had sufficient. I wasn’t getting the very best out of myself. This summer season I got down to have a group such as you would in different sports activities.”
