Stephen Hendry has retired from snooker twice, but that didn't stop ex-world champion Neil Robertson quizzing the Scotsman on whether he'd make another return.
Stephen Hendry had a swift response to Neil Robertson asking if he'd make a return to snooker
Stephen Hendry didn't pull any punches in admitting he has no desire to make another snooker comeback after he was questioned about the prospect by Neil Robertson. The 56-year-old was joined by the Australian sensation on his YouTube channel 'Stephen Hendry's Cue Tips' earlier this week.
The Scotsman first retired from the sport in 2012 after what was an illustrious 27-year professional career that saw him capture 18 Triple Crown tournament wins, including a then-sole record of seven World Snooker Championship titles, which has since been equalled by Ronnie O'Sullivan. He also competed in 57 ranking finals, winning a staggering 36 of them. However, he made a surprise comeback eight years later when accepting a two-year invitational tour card for the main World Snooker Tour after citing improved form and confidence.
Remaining on the tour for four years, Hendry won just three matches out of 20 and it was last year that he announced his second retirement from snooker despite the offer of continuing on the main tour through a two-year invitational card. He's since focused on his punditry duties, his YouTube channel that is nearing on 400,000 subscribers, as well as his Snooker Club podcast he co-hosts with Mark Watson.
It was on the popular channel that during a playful game with Robertson, Hendry potted the black ball which led the 2010 world champion to teasingly ask: "You going to make a second comeback with the way you're playing?" It caused a smiling Hendry to immediately answer: "No."
While he's regarded as one of the greatest snooker players of all time, Hendry declined to include himself in the sport's Mount Rushmore when asked to grant five spots to build the sport's Hall of Fame. Having named O'Sullivan as the unanimous greatest, he had quite the challenge in filling out the rest of the spots when speaking on the Snooker Club.
"It's very close between Mark Williams and John Higgins, I'd prefer to have them joint-second," he said. "I'll go with Mark just because of his recent record against John at the Crucible. He is a freak of nature, he has the best temperament of any sportsman I have seen. He maybe hasn't got the cue power of others, but he has great touch, and he is just a brilliant potter."
It was four-time world champion Mark Selby that was ranked fourth on Hendry's list before he was forced to pick between current world No.1 Judd Trump and six-time world champion Steve Davis for the fifth and final spot.
"In fifth could be Judd Trump because of what he has won and his centuries, but he only has one world title," he explained. "So I'm going for Steve Davis based on his utter domination of the 1980s.”
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