Gibraltar Open 2021 - Jimmy Robertson calls a foul on himself but commentators not convinced
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Published 05/03/2021 at 15:33 GMT
David Gilbert was on the back foot when Jimmy Robertson called a foul on himself at two frames apiece in their match at the Gibraltar Open on Friday afternoon. Gilbert took advantage to win the frame and went on to claim victory and book his place in the third round at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.
Did he touch it?! - Jimmy Robertson calls foul on himself but was he right?
Snooker is famed for its sportsmanship, with players often calling fouls on themselves, and there was an instance of it in Jimmy Robertson’s clash with David Gilbert at the Gibraltar Open.
At two frames apiece, Robertson was 45 points to the good and well set to make a telling contribution.
He had a red into the bottom-right pocket, but the cue ball was extremely close to another red.
Robertson made the pot, but immediately called a foul on himself, with his cue seemingly feathering the red.
It was not obvious, and even on the slow-motion replays the Eurosport commentators were not convinced a foul had been committed.
“I don’t know what he did,” Eurosport’s Joe Johnson said. “I could not see anything; the referee did not see anything. And I did not see anything there [on the replay] either.”
David Hendon added: “He must have felt he caught the red with his cue, but from the replay it is not clear, but he did not seem to.”
To rub salt into Robertson’s wounds, Gilbert took the frame and went on the win the match 4-3 to advance to the third round.
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