Robertson in home snooker final

Neil Robertson is into the final of the Australian Goldfields Open snooker tournament against world No.6 Judd Trump of England.

Neil Robertson

Neil Robertson (pic) is to play Judd Trump in the final of the Australian Goldfields Open. (AAP)

Former world snooker champion Neil Robertson and Judd Trump will meet in the final of the Australian Goldfields Open after winning their respective semi-finals on Saturday.

The pair were relatively comfortable victors in Bendigo, Englishman Trump seeing off China's Xiao Guodong 6-3 and home favourite Robertson besting England's Mark Davis 6-2.

The pair will meet over 17 frames on Sunday in pursuit of a $US75,000 ($A81,000) prize.

Trump, the 24-year-old world number six, is chasing his fourth ranking title after breaks of 94, 101 and 114 in the first four frames took him past Xiao.

Robertson, ranked second in the world, is looking for a second successive victory, having won the Wuxi Classic in China last week, and a first in his native Australia.

He took an immediate 3-0 lead before Davis hit back with consecutive frames of his own.

Robertson then finished the job with three more in a row, including a high break of 100.


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