O'Sullivan:

"Neil was on fire. He blew me away. You have to give the guy credit. He barely missed a ball and when he did I just didn't punish him. Sometimes you come up against someone playing like that and there's not much you can do. He deserved his win. I wish I could have given him a better game. If he carries on playing like that he'll fancy his chances of winning this. He was a hard man out there today."

Robertson:

"I would definitely say this is the best performance of my career so far. I'm very happy with the way I played. I've scored more heavily and played more explosive stuff in other matches, but I think playing like that against someone like Ronnie is so much harder to do. I kept my composure because I knew I was playing well and I knew I would be creating chances for myself. I said before the match I was probably one of the few players who can beat him when he's playing well. I definitely believed that. When I get in the balls and I'm concentrating and my positional play is good, then I score almost as heavily as anyone. Obviously long potting is my strength as well as clearing up under pressure, so there was absolutely no reason why I shouldn't think I could beat."