Hong Kong aiming to produce world snooker champion with help of Judd Trump, Neil Robertson
Superstar duo, who are both residents, want to deliver first global champion for the city through their new academy’s ‘professional facility’
Superstar duo Judd Trump and Neil Robertson have set themselves the ambitious target of producing Hong Kong’s first world snooker champion.
Zhao Xintong finally won mainland China’s maiden World Championship crown this year, but Marco Fu Ka-chun’s 2006 and 2016 semi-final runs have been the best of it for Hong Kong.
Fu’s compatriot Ng On-yee won the most recent of her three women’s world titles in 2019.
The former world champion pair of Trump and Robertson, who both have Hong Kong residency, co-founded the Hong Kong Billiard Sports Academy, which was officially opened on Wednesday.
“There’s been a gap between Marco and On-yee, and the next talent to come through,” Trump said. “Maybe that’s because there aren’t enough snooker facilities in Hong Kong that are right for children.
“A lot of clubs are dingy and smoky, so it’s nice to open a professional facility to practise.