Australia's Neil Robertson hoping to pull off the most amazing comeback in snooker history in the 888.com World Championship in Sheffield.

Robertson trailed new tournament favourite Stephen Maguire 8-0 and 11-2 and was in danger of being beaten with a session to spare at the Crucible.

But the Melbourne left-hander won the final three frames on Sunday evening to trail 11-5 going into Monday afternoon's final session and give an out-of-sorts Maguire something to think about.

The winner of the second-round clash will face either Stuart Bingham or Joe Perry in the quarter-finals, Bingham holding a 5-3 lead in the battle of the qualifiers.

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