BAD NEWS: The 23years snooker player who broke the world record just past out few hours ago…….

A former world snooker champion is set to face an 11-year-old in a match.

Neil Robertson, Australia’s greatest snooker player, will play in front of a home crowd for the first time in his life at the Melbourne City Conference Centre. The former world champion will face 11-year-old Austin Huang, who became interested in the game after watching greats like Robertson, Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Judd Trump. Huang, who started playing snooker in April last year, has already won the under-12 Victorian junior state competition and trains daily at his family home in Glen Waverley.

Australian snooker player Huang is excited to face top professional Neil, who has been practicing for an hour a day. He enjoys Neil’s long-potting and 100 century breaks in a season. Due to the UK and China’s monopoly on major events, Australian fans rarely get to see stars of the green baize in competition.

Former world No.1 snooker player, Austin Robertson, has been invited to play a rare exhibition in Melbourne by the Victorian Billiards and Snooker Association (VBSA) and Yarraville Snooker Club. The event, organized by a small group of volunteers, aims to pay tribute to Robertson, who became Australia’s first world champion in 2010. Robertson will play 10 frames, four of which will be against selected up-and-coming juniors. The event was organized in a matter of days to give local fans a chance to pay homage to a sportsman admired in many other parts of the world but rarely gets stopped on the streets of his home city.

Fans want a bit of everything at exhibitions, whether they want to see Huang pot a few balls or see Robertson, renowned for his break-building, put on a show. Robertson wants to give him a lot of chances in the frame and a good experience, which might help him later on if he plays in front of a big crowd.

At 20, three years after achieving his first 147 maximum break, Robertson decided to move to the UK to pursue a career in snooker. His career earnings of $10 million and 23 ranking tournament wins have justified his decision, but snooker has forced him to live away from friends and family for two decades. Homesickness has plagued Robertson during his stint as the most successful player in snooker history from outside the UK.

Robertson is happily married and has two children, Alexander and Penelope. Being away from his brothers, sister, and parents, chasing the snooker dream, is not easy at times. He would like to do it all over again, but he is also inspired by people with mental health issues who watch him and look forward to it.

After Monday’s exhibition, Robertson plans to soak up the simple joys of an Australian family Christmas, such as attending the Boxing Day Test or doing laps of an oval alone and bouncing a footy. He also wants to try and get a break of 147, as he has five maximum breaks in his professional career and many others in practice and exhibitions.

Robertson is open to trying and getting a break of 147, but he doesn’t want to put himself under too much pressure to do so. He believes that snooker is a brutal sport, and if he does, it would be incredible to see a break of 147 live.