back from 0–6 and 5–11 to defeat Martin Gould 13–12. Mark Allen made the first 146 break in the history of the Crucible during his match against Mark Davis. 25th anniversary rematch of the 1985 final Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor played a one-frame exhibition match on 29 April, marking the 25th anniversary of the 1985 World Championship final which saw Taylor defeat Davis 18–17 on the final black. In the re-creation, all but one of their attempts to recreate missed shots on black failed, which means the black was potted on each occasion and Taylor's attempt to recreate the frame-winning ball also went wrong. Semi-finals Robertson defeated Ali Carter 17–12, becoming the first player from outside the UK or Ireland since Cliff Thorburn in 1983- and the first Australian since Eddie Charlton in 1975- to reach the final of the World Championship, and the first Australian finalist at the Crucible. Graeme Dott beat Mark Selby 17–14, to reach his third final after also doing so in 2004 and 2006. Final Before the start of the final it was announced that provisional world No. 1 John Higgins had been suspended by the WPBSA following a News of the World story alleging that he had agreed to lose frames in future tournaments in return for money. The final was between Scot Graeme Dott and Australian Neil Robertson, marking the first time since 2003 that no English player appeared in the final. Robertson won the title, having defeated only one top sixteen player during the tournament. In the first round he beat Fergal O'Brien (No. 31), in the second round Martin Gould (No. 46), in the quarter-final Steve Davis (No. 23) and in the final he beat Graeme Dott (No. 28). Robertson's only match with a top-sixteen player was in the semi-finals, where he beat Ali Carter (No. 5) decisively. Robertson became the first Australian to win the title in the modern era, and only the second after Horace Lindrum, who won the controversial 1952 championship. Robertson also became the first player from outside Britain and Ireland to win the title since Canada's Cliff Thorburn in 1980 and the first non-British player to win the title since Ireland's Ken Doherty in 1997. Robertson hoped his win would help lift the low profile of snooker in his home country, a prospect supported by a number of local sports promoters. Prize fund The breakdown