Neil Robertson has won the first “major” event of the 2025/26 season as he beat Ronnie O’Sullivan by 10-9 in the final of the 2025 Saudi Arabia Masters. Congratulations Neil!

All Grove players were involved in the tournament except Luca Brecel who withdrew citing health issues.
The event was played at the main venue right from the start which is great.

Wu Yize beat Ashley Hugill by 4-1 and Matthew Stevens by 5-1 before exiting the tournament in the round of 32, losing by 5-3 to Si Jiahui.
Ding entered the tournament in the last 32, where he beat Stephen Maguire by 5-2, but he lost to Barry Hawkins by 6-5 in the next round.
Mark Selby also entered the tournament in the last 32, where he beat Long Zehuang by 5-3. In his next match he faced Neil Robertson, the eventual champion. Mark was beaten by Neil by 6-4 but his 119 break in frame 2 was his 900th career century. He’s only the 5th player in history of the sport to reach this milestone.

As for Neil … he was obviously over the moon to win such a prestigious event. Here is what he had to say after the match: “This surpasses winning the World Championship. I have had to answer a lot of questions like whether I can still beat someone like Ronnie in a final of this magnitude. To beat him here with so much on the line, it’s definitely my best win.” And he added: “I can’t explain what this means to me,” said Robertson. “When I was a kid back in Australia there’s no way I could have dreamed of beating Ronnie in a final like this. The way he played from 7-2 down, it was unbelievable, I barely did anything wrong. Then the brown he knocked in to go 8-8 was incredible. He was unlucky in the last two frames, he had two splits which didn’t go his way. I am so grateful just to share the stage with him and to put on a great match for the people in Saudi. The fans here have certainly got their money’s worth in the last two years! My son will be watching at home, I was trying to stay calm at the end while he would have been jumping up and down on the couch. Mille would have been burying her head in the pillows not able to watch! I am glad that I could be part of something really special. It feels great to be back in this position. Coming here last year I was 28th in the world. Hopefully my story will inspire younger generations because you should never give up, you will get ups and downs but it’s not about how far you fall, it’s about how far you bounce.”

All the detailed results are available on snooker.org