Neil Robertson has continued his march back to snooker's summit in his roaring forties, the master Australian cueman hammering China's rising star Wu Yize 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in York.
The 43-year-old Melburnian is now enjoying a real purple patch after his slump last year and is looking good to challenge for his fourth UK title at the York Barbican -- one of snooker's 'triple crown' events along with the world championships and the Masters.
The 'Thunder from Down Under' last won the UKs in 2020 and hadn't won a match in the event since then, but after his victory over Belgian qualifier Julien Leclercq in round one ended that miserable sequence, he provided a terrific display on Wednesday to crush Wu, despite losing the opening frame.
