Neil Robertson returned to the winner’s circle on Sunday night, but only after being pushed hard by 20-year-old Wu Yize in a brilliant English Open final. It was the Chinese youngster’s first ranking final and looked like it was going to end very badly for him as he slipped to 7-1 behind against the former world champion.

Neil Robertson is bidding for his first ranking event title in two years against Wu Yize in the English Open final.

Neil Robertson secured his place in the English Open final with a dominant 6-1 win over Chris Wakelin at the Brentwood Centre on Saturday evening. He takes a step closer to a long awaited 24th ranking title but will have to get the better of Wu Yize who has a chance of a first after a 6-0 whitewash victory over Ishpreet Singh Chadha.

Neil Robertson withstood a terrific comeback from Wu Yize to secure the English Open crown in Brentwood, eventually winning a brilliant final 9-7.

Neil Robertson returned to the winner’s circle on Sunday night, but only after being pushed hard by 20-year-old Wu Yize in a brilliant English Open final. It was the Chinese youngster’s first ranking final and looked like it was going to end very badly for him as he slipped to 7-1 behind against the former world champion.

Neil Robertson has won the English Open title for a second time by beating China's Wu Yize in a thrilling final.Australian Robertson raced into a 7-1 lead at the interval in the best-of-17-frame match in Brentwood,