UK Championship Snooker final: Robertson set for second success

Jamie Clark, Sports Editor | December 6, 2015

2015 UK Championship final

• Sunday, December 6th
• Break-off: 13:00 and 19:00 GMT
• Barbican Centre, York
• Live on BBC2 and Eurosport

Rampant Robertson in pole position for title

The way in which Neil Robertson and Liang Wenbo reached the 2015 UK Championship Snooker final could not be more different.

Chinese cueman Wenbo edged a cagey affair against Leeds overachiever David Grace 6-4 in a match that almost took six hours, with neither potter able to play their natural game on the green baize. The Thunder from Down Under, meanwhile, left world number one Mark Selby shocked by a second semi whitewash.

As a result, Robertson is Coral’s overwhelming odds-on 1/6 favourite to regain the UK title he won in 2013, while Liang is a 4/1 long shot to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Ding Junhui and take this tournament.

Wenbo will have to try and Trump Thunder

While this UK final may look like a foregone conclusion, 28th seed Liang eliminated event favourite Judd Trump and former finalist Marco Fu en route to reaching it.