Judd Trump and Neil Robertson will both play in Milton Keynes this week as snooker begins to exit the Covid-19 lockdown
On 10 March, with Covid-19 ravaging the north of Italy, the Cheltenham festival just getting under way, uncertainty descending like a fog across the rest of Europe, his daughter exhibiting flu-like symptoms and his own health in doubt, Neil Robertson decided to pull out of the Gibraltar Open. “Health comes first before any bonus on offer,” he said at the time.
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Written by Simon Burnton
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/may/31/snooker-coronavirus-neil-robertson-judd-trump-barry-hearn under the title “The loneliest place in sport? Snooker prepares for socially-distanced return | Simon Burnton”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
