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Neil Robertson has touted a shorter Crucible format (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Neil Robertson would like to see a big change to the format of the World Snooker Championship, with much shorter matches at the business end of the tournament.<\/p>\n

The Australian got his campaign underway at the Crucible this year with a 10-6 win over Pang Junxu, wrapped up on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

He books a last 16 meeting with Chris Wakelin, where the format will extend from best-of-19 to best-of-25.<\/p>\n

Later in the event, the matches then get longer again, with the semis over a best-of-33 and the final a best-of-35.<\/p>\n

Robertson thinks there is no need for the epic contests of the final two rounds and would leave it at a race to 13 frames from the second round onwards.<\/p>\n

\u2018The best out of 35 is a very long match,\u2019 Robertson told Midnite. \u2018In today\u2019s day and age, I think a best out of 25 is enough. <\/p>\n

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\u2018First to 13, I think it\u2019s a great match. It\u2019s over three sessions. I think the semi-finals obviously goes for a long time. <\/p>\n

\u2018Me personally, I would probably change it to once you get to the second round, then it\u2019s just best out of 25 for the whole way through.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Robertson is into the last 16 in Sheffield (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2010 world champion has also suggested that players should be limited in how long they can play on for snookers, either in terms of time or in how many points they can try to claw back. <\/p>\n

\u2018I think when players need snookers sometimes we carry on hoping for that one in a hundred chance that we\u2019ll get a free ball and\u2026the opponent will fail, we get a free ball and clear up,\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n

\u2018I think you have a restriction on either the time limit that they have to get the snookers or a points threshold where if you need two snookers then just the frame is over. I think that would help a lot actually.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Robertson faces a rematch with Chris Wakelin from a year ago (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robertson\u2019s win over Pang saw a stodgy first session on Wednesday, which the Aussie escaped from with a 5-4 lead.<\/p>\n

When the players returned on Thursday night, play was more open and the world number three powered to victory, making a century in the last.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think yesterday was tough,\u2019 he told the BBC. \u2018He [Pang] doesn\u2019t try to make things happen, he\u2019s really good at trapping you defensively and gets in that way. I was trying to open he door, he kept closing the door. <\/p>\n

\u2018It was really good, I battled well, I tried to stay aggressive when I could. To have a lead last night was nice then today the new cloth really helped, yesterday the table was tough, today it played beautiful. My long potting was great, my safety was good.\u2019<\/p>\n

Robertson and Wakelin engage over their best-of-25 second round match, starting on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

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