EPTC2 - Gdynia Open

Neil Robertson claimed Event 2 of the European Players Tour Championship in the Polish city of Gdynia with a 4-3 victory over Jamie Burnett. It seemed that Robertson would cruise to victory, taking the first three frames with a top break of 118 but the Scotsman battled back well, forcing a deciding frame. It was certainly a tense frame and lasted over 50 minutes, the pink being pushed over the left corner pocket not making things easy. The pink was eventually knocked in although the table was not in a great state for break building, allowing both players chance to put non-substantial breaks together. However, it was the Aussie who knocked in the meaningful final break of the match to secure the title.

Robertson had earlier recorded a decent 4-2 victory over Stephen Maguire in the semi-finals to book his spot in the final. Burnett meanwhile whitewashed Michael Holt 4-0 to progress although Holt had completed a surprise 4-2 victory over Ding Junhui in the Quarter Finals. Burnett squeezed through his quarter final match with a deciding frame winner over Norweigan player Kurt Maflin, who will have been pleased to have made the last eight of the event. Likewise Tian Pengfei, who although was whitewashed by Robertson in the quarters, had beaten Stuart Bingham in the last 16. Veteran Jimmy White will also have been delighted to make the Quarter finals following wins over Dave Harold and Liang Wembo however his run was brought to an end by Stephen Maguire, who ran out 4-1 winner.