Neil Robertson dominates Jack Lisowski to win China Open

The Australian won the first two frames of the final session, with a high break of 91 to take a 10-2 lead in the penultimate final of the season.

Lisowski fought back by winning the following two frames, but Robertson completed his victory with a break of 79 in the final frame to claim his 16th career ranking title.

Robertson won the title in Beijing for the second time in his career, following a win in 2013.

Robertson, the 2010 world champion, has reached the finals of the past four events he has entered, winning the Welsh Open against Stuart Bingham in February before losing the final of the Players Championship and Tour Championship to Ronnie O'Sullivan in March.

O'Sullivan - who has opted out of the trip to China before the World Championship begins on April 20 in Sheffield - reclaimed the world number one spot with his success in those events.

Robertson collected the £225,000 top prize in Beijing to take the total winnings of his past four tournaments to an incredible £405,000.

Robertson has joined O'Sullivan as the only players who can earn over £1m from a single season with £500,000 on the line for the winner of the World Championship.

The Australian, 37, will be among the favourites for a second world title on current form alongside O'Sullivan and Masters champion Judd Trump.

The Snooker World Championship will be live on Eurosport and the Eurosport Player from April 20.

The Australian, who has been in superlative form in the championship, and the season as a whole, was only three frames away from the £225,000 prize, with the second session starting at 14.15 UK time.

Robertson raced into a 4-0 lead and then, after his demoralised opponent pulled one back, he notched his 78th century of the season to go 6-1 up.

He then went 8-1 up only for Lisowski to battle back to win the final frame of the session.