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title: "Robertson sets up Wakelin semi at Champion of Champions"
url: https://sportshorts.net/story/robertson-sets-up-wakelin-semi-at-champion-of-champions
published: 2026-11-11T00:33:06Z
updated: 2026-11-11T00:33:06Z
summary: "Neil Robertson beat Jak Jones 6-3 to win Group Two at the Champion of Champions in Leicester and meets Chris Wakelin in Friday's semi-final."
author: "SportShorts Desk"
categories: ["Other Sports"]
tags: ["Champion of Champions", "Chris Wakelin", "Jak Jones", "Judd Trump", "Neil Robertson", "Snooker"]
lang: en
---

# Robertson sets up Wakelin semi at Champion of Champions

*The Australian beat Jak Jones 6-3 in the Group Two final in Leicester after the Welshman had earlier knocked out 2025 runner-up Judd Trump in a deciding frame.*

LEICESTER — Neil Robertson booked a semi-final against Chris Wakelin at the Champion of Champions after beating Jak Jones 6-3 in the Group Two final at the Mattioli Arena on Tuesday night.

Earlier in the day, Robertson had beaten women's world champion Panchaya Channoi 4-2, while Jones produced the shock of the session — edging 2025 runner-up Judd Trump 4-3 to send last year's beaten finalist out in the opening round.

Jones carried that momentum into the evening match, taking the first two frames before Robertson reeled off three in a row, highlighted by a 130 break. Jones answered with a match-high 133 — his last frame of the night — as the world No.3 closed out a 6-3 win.

The Australian was the last man invited into the 16-player field, called up on ranking after last season's 26 titles were spread across 15 different winners. He now faces Wakelin in Friday's semi-final after the qualifier dethroned defending champion Mark Selby 6-2 on Monday night. Wednesday sees Ronnie O'Sullivan open Group Three against Shaun Murphy, with Wu Yize facing Chang Bingyu.

**Why it matters:** Jones's defeat of Trump was the upset of the day — a year after losing the final here to Selby, Trump is out without reaching the last eight — and Robertson's recovery from 2-0 down keeps the world No.3 on course in a bracket already missing its champion after Wakelin's day-one dethroning of Selby.

*Sources: snooker.org, TNT Sports, Eurosport, Totally Snookered.*