Ronnie O’Sullivan labels Neil Robertson the ‘best player in the world at the moment, hands down’

Neil Robertson has been in very good kind this season (Image: Zhai Zheng)

Ronnie O’Sullivan reckons Neil Robertson is clearly the perfect participant on the planet for the time being and has backed the Australian to win the World Championship this 12 months – if he can recover from his situation with the cramped Crucible.

Robertson has actually been the standout participant of the season up to now, profitable the Masters, Gamers Championship and English Open, whereas additionally shedding out to O’Sullivan within the last of the World Grand Prix.

The 40-year-old has taken his rating occasion tally to 22, however simply a type of is a World Championship as he has struggled to translate his nice success from elsewhere to Sheffield.

The Thunder from Down Beneath has been to only one Crucible semi-final since he received the world title in 2010 and has admitted he doesn't just like the tight nature of the venue throughout the two-table set-up.

The South Yorkshire venue takes on a complete new kind on the semi-final stage when it is only one desk on present and O’Sullivan reckons that if Robertson could make it there then he won't be stopped this 12 months.

‘No doubt Neil is the perfect participant on the earth for the time being, palms down,’ O’Sullivan instructed the Mirror. ‘He's the whole participant. Very aggressive, superb security, wonderful potter, nice approach and good underneath stress.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is an enormous fan of Neil Robertson’s sport, score his cue motion as the perfect within the enterprise (Image: Getty Photos)

‘If he can get again to the semi-finals of the World Championship, he wins it so far as I’m involved.

‘The one factor he appears to wrestle with on the Crucible is that it's a small venue. With the partition and two-table set-up he can’t do his typical method and stroll into the shot as he would love.

‘But when he does handle to get previous the quarter-finals ,when the divider goes, proper now I can’t see anybody getting close to him over that distance. He’s simply too good.’

The Rocket and the Thunder have met 3 times this season, with Ronnie claiming the Grand Prix title with a memorable victory over the Aussie, however Neil gaining revenge within the quarter-finals of the Masters and Gamers Championship en path to each titles.

They're each in motion on the European Masters in Milton Keynes this week and on reverse sides of the draw, with O’Sullivan taking up Nigel Bond and Robertson dealing with Lei Peifan within the first spherical on Monday evening.

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