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Today was quarter-finals day at the 2026 International Championship. It delivered the following semi-finals line-up: Kyren Wilso v Fan Zhengyi and John Higgins v Chang Bingyu.
Kyren Wilson battled past home hero Ding Junhui 6-4 to make the semi-finals of the International Championship in Nanjing.
The Warrior captured the Alex Higgins Trophy for a second time at the recent Northern Ireland Open, thrashing Jak Jones 9-2 in the final. It means he is now two wins away from claiming back-to-back ranking titles for the first time in his career.
Ding also knew victory was required to remain in the hunt for automatic UK Championship qualification. Defeat means the three-time UK Champion must now head to qualifying to earn his place in York. That means his compatriot Chang Bingyu will grace the top 16 for the first time and secure his slot in the Triple Crown event.
They came into today with Ding holding the upper hand in recent clashes, having won their last three meetings, including a 6-2 victory at this season’s English Open.
When play began this afternoon, Ding appeared to still have the upper hand after a fine 99 break gave him the opener. However, world number nine Wilson hit straight back and made breaks of 94 and 59 en route to taking the next three frames and leading 3-1 at the mid-session.
Ding again started quickly when play resumed and a stunning 137 cut his arrears in half at 3-2. The next two frames were traded, before Wilson made 54 in the eighth to move 5-3 ahead. Ding clawed one back but a 56 break helped Wilson over the line to secure another important win.
“It would be amazing to win back-to-back ranking events. It is important to keep a run of confidence going as long as you can. I’ve won a couple of really tough matches this week. I’ve played a few deciders and beat some great players. To be in a semi-final off the back of winning one is a nice confidence boost and hopefully it continues,” said 34-year-old Wilson.
“It is like (playing Ronnie O’Sullivan in London), but times a billion. He’s an absolute legend out there. We owe it to Ding Junhui as the reason we have a lot of snooker out here. I believe he is coming into form. He’s beaten some very good players this week. He still wants it and is very hungry. It’s always a blockbuster when you play him out here.
“I’m looking forward to the semi-finals. It will almost be a World Championship round one type feel with it being over two sessions. There are some great players left in and I’m glad to be one of them.“
Wilson will now face China’s Fan Zhengyi, who overcame Iranian number one Hossein Vafaei 6-3 to make the last four.
Fan will contest just his second ranking semi-final and first since his memorable triumph at the 2022 European Masters, where he defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final.
He top scored with 111 today and is relishing crossing cues with Wilson in the semis.
Fan said: “I actually prefer playing in longer-format matches because I feel that, at some point, I can produce the same level of aggressive play that I show in practice. When that happens, I really enjoy it. In shorter matches, such as best-of-seven frames, I sometimes feel that I haven’t quite found my rhythm before the match is already over.
“I think Kyren (Wilson) is also a very different player from when we last played at that stage of our careers (2022 European Open). He’s improved enormously. I don’t think it makes a huge difference who I’m playing against. The most important thing is that I can produce my own game and perform to the best of my ability.”
Scotland’s four-time World Champion John Higgins beat three-time ranking event winner Marco Fu 6-3 to make the 95th ranking semi-final of his career.
Higgins and Fu have shared the table on a number of prominent occasions throughout their careers. Fu beat Higgins 9-4 in the 2016 Scottish Open and won 6-5 in the semis of the Hong Kong Masters in 2022, when he made a 147 in the decider.
Higgins has struggled to find his best this season, but a 6-5 win over old foe Mark Williams in the last 16 appears to have sparked his game to life. He made seven breaks over 50 in today’s victory, with a top score of 78. He now plays Chang for a place in the final.
Higgins said: “He’s given me a few heavy defeats. Probably one of my worst ever defeats in front of my home fans at the Scottish Open. Listen, I don’t think anybody on the tour can believe Marco is down by the relegation zone because he is one of the best break builders I’ve ever seen. He makes it look ridiculously easy. The 147 in the decider in Hong Kong is one of the best experiences I’ve been involved in. When he did it in front of his fans the place just went mental.
“Chang is an incredible talent. I was sitting over on the other table and it looked like it was just century after century coming from the other table. It frees my mind up as I know I will have to go and play some of my best stuff. He plays like the bags are bin lids. He will be tough to stop, but I’m happy with how I’m playing and I’m confident with my game.”
Chang secured his place in the last four with a stunning 6-3 win over world number one Zhao Xintong in a repeat of this season’s Wuhan Open final.
It was Chang who prevailed in Wuhan to secure his maiden ranking crown, and he continued that form here with a break-building blitz. Contributions of 100, 102, 115, 58 and 107 saw him run out the victor.
Chang said: “I’m not too concerned about the victory. What’s most pleasing is that I managed to play to my ability today, and that makes me really happy. My form has been getting better and better throughout this trip to Nanjing, from the first round up to now. I hope I can maintain this momentum in the matches ahead.”
The Champion of Champions is not a WST event, it is a Matchroom event. Whatever happens during that competition doesn’t impact the rankings nor the seedings.
Still. as an “elite” lucrative event it often “produces” interesting and very competitive matches. It’s also usually well attended by the fans who have the certainty to witness some of the very best players in action.
Groups Confirmed For Sportsbet.io Champion of Champions
The groups and schedule are now set for the 2026 Sportsbet.io Champion of Champions. Defending champion Mark Selby begins his title defence in front of a home crowd when the action starts at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena on Monday 9 November.
Snooker’s 16 best title-winners from the past year will compete in Leicester across seven days for one of the most prestigious trophies in the sport. Play gets under way at 1pm on Monday and is live on ITV in the UK.
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Group Stages (Best-of-Seven)
Monday 9 November – Group One • Mark Selby (England) vs Alfie Burden (England) • Barry Hawkins (England) vs Chris Wakelin (England)
Leicester’s own Mark Selby opens the week as defending champion. He also arrives as reigning UK Champion. His first opponent is Alfie Burden, whose Snooker Shoot Out triumph in December made him the oldest first-time ranking event winner in the sport’s history. Welsh Open champion Barry Hawkins and Scottish Open champion Chris Wakelin complete a group that promises a spectacular start to the week.
Tuesday 10 November – Group Four • Neil Robertson (Australia) vs Panchaya Channoi (Thailand) • Judd Trump (England) vs Jak Jones (Wales)
World No. 1 Judd Trump leads Group Four after titles at the German Masters and Shanghai Masters. He was runner-up here last year and returns to Leicester looking to go one better. Former Champion of Champions winner Neil Robertson faces one of the stories of the week in Panchaya Channoi. The 18-year-old Thai star makes her debut on the big stage after winning the World Women’s Snooker Championship in May. Jak Jones also qualified twice over, as winner of the British Open and the Championship League.
Wednesday 11 November – Group Three • Shaun Murphy (England) vs Ronnie O’Sullivan (England) • Wu Yize (China) vs Chang Bingyu (China)
Group Three features a blockbuster opener: Shaun Murphy against Ronnie O’Sullivan, the event’s record four-time winner. O’Sullivan returns as World Seniors Champion, while Murphy was runner-up at the Crucible this year. In the other match, reigning World Champion Wu Yize faces fellow Chinese star Chang Bingyu. Chang makes his first Champion of Champions appearance after winning his maiden ranking title at the Wuhan Open.
Thursday 12 November – Group Two • Zhao Xintong (China) vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand) • Kyren Wilson (England) vs Ali Carter (England)
The group stages close with one of the strongest groups of the week. Zhao Xintong comes to Leicester after a remarkable season that included the World Grand Prix, Players Championship and Tour Championship. He meets World Open champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, one of the most entertaining players on tour. Masters champion Kyren Wilson takes on English Open winner Ali Carter in the second match.
Format Each day’s two opening matches are best-of-seven, starting from 1pm. The winners meet in the evening session at 7pm in a best-of-11 group final, with a semi-final place on the line. The semi-finals are on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November at 7pm. The best-of-19 final is played over afternoon and evening sessions on Sunday 15 November.
Ronnie has qualified for the event as World Seniors Snooker Champion. He’s in the draw … but will he play? I’m not sure. He’s won this event four times. He played in it last year, but had withdrawn in 2023. Time will tell.
Sam Craigie potted a re-spotted black in the deciding frame, only for the white to go in off and hand world number one Zhao Xintong an extraordinary 6-5 victory at the International Championship in Nanjing.
Englishman Craigie missed a match ball blue in the final frame and allowed his opponent to clear the remaining balls to tie the frame at 72-72 and bring the black up for a deciding re-spot.
Both players spurned opportunities, before Craigie potted a great long-range black. He appeared to have secured a famous victory, but the white tracked towards the green pocket and dropped to give Zhao an unlikely win.
It’s a second consecutive week of heartbreak for Craigie, who lost his Northern Ireland Open semi-final 6-5 against Kyren Wilson, having led 5-3. The prize for Zhao is a clash with Irishman Aaron Hill, who beat Daniel Wells 6-5.
Zhao said: “I am so lucky today. When the frame finished I spoke to Sam. I just said he was so unlucky and that he is playing really well now. He will be strong in the future so don’t worry about that and just keep going. I know that he will be very despondent. I am lucky today.
“I thought I had lost. When he potted the black, I was standing at the camera. I saw the black straight to the pocket but I didn’t see the cue ball.“
Stephen Maguire ousted China’s current World Champion Wu Yize 6-5 in a thrilling clash to make the last 16.
It’s a first ever win over the reigning Crucible King for Scotland’s Maguire, who lost 5-4 in both of their previous meetings.
Nanjing has proved to be a lucrative location for 2004 UK Champion Maguire, who made the semi-finals last year. On that occasion he was beaten 9-2 by fellow Glaswegian and close friend John Higgins.
Having trailed 3-1 at the mid-session interval, Maguire reeled off breaks of 58, 78, 73 and 133 to take four of the next five and lead 5-4. Wu fired in a superb 110 to force a decider and had the first opportunities. Leading 50-0, Wu missed a long red and Maguire stepped up to clear brilliantly to the pink with 68 and run out the victor. He now plays Chinese legend Ding Junhui, who prevailed 6-5 against Zhang Anda.
Maguire said: “You can’t beat things like that. It is what gets my butterflies going. If I didn’t clear up there, it would have killed me. When you do clear up, it is just relief. That is a good win for me. He is unbelievable and his long potting is too good.
“There are a lot more lows than highs. If you get a result like that with a clearance at the end just enjoy it. I don’t like giving it a fist pump but it comes out when I miss and I punch the table. I’m just that person.“
Class of 92 members Mark Williams and John Higgins scored last 32 wins to set up a mouth-watering showdown.
Williams withstood an opening frame 147 break from rapid Thai cueman Thepchaiya Un-Nooh to prevail 6-3 and earn his place in the last 16. Higgins prevailed 6-2 against China’s Xu Si.
Chinese 18-year-old Wang Xinbo produced a stunning display to dispatch 2010 World Champion Neil Robertson 6-4. He top scored with 131 and now plays Marco Fu, who beat Julien Leclercq 6-3.
Chang Bingyu put himself in position to make it into the top 16 and qualify automatically for the UK Championship with a 6-3 defeat of Chris Wakelin. He is provisionally in 16th position, but his Chinese compatriot Ding is among those hot on his heels.
John Higgins prevailed in a rollercoaster encounter with old foe Mark Williams, winning 6-5 to make the quarter-finals of the International Championship in Nanjing.
The pair first met on the circuit back in 1994 and have contested a rivalry which includes two UK Championship finals won by Higgins and a World Championship final won by Williams.
This was the 45th time they’ve crossed cues on snooker’s professional stage and victory moves Higgins 24-21 ahead in the head-to-head standings
It is a first ranking quarter-final of the campaign for the Scot, who has endured a difficult start to the season, including two opening-round exits. Higgins will hope this victory can spark a return to form at an event where he reached the final 12 months ago, losing to now World Champion Wu Yize. Next up is Marco Fu, who defeated teenager Wang Xinbo 6-5.
It was Williams who started fastest this evening as he moved into a 3-1 lead at the mid-session interval. Higgins hit back when they returned and crafted runs of 52, 53 and 60 to take the lead, before claiming the eighth on the black to lead 5-3.
Williams refused to wilt and made breaks of 66 and 76 to force a final frame, but Higgins wasn’t to be denied and controlled the decider to seal victory.
“It is a great win for me. I was 3-1 down at the interval and didn’t really do a lot wrong. I came back at him after the interval, but he showed how good he is at 5-3. He is such a great competitor. It is a brilliant win,” said 51-year-old Higgins.
“We’ve been about for so long and are playing to a good standard into our 50s. It is unheard of really to be doing that. Listen, I keep on saying it but it is great to still be playing out there against these guys.
“These matches are what defines you as a player. I will be proud to look back on all of these matches against the great champions.
“I got to the final here last year and for me this is the second-hardest tournament to win. It is all best of 11s and if you do get to the semis they are best of 17. I got to the final last year, I am in the quarters here. It would be great to go one better.“
Chinese legend Ding Junhui punched the table with delight after potting the final pink to beat Stephen Maguire 6-5. That keeps him in the hunt for automatic qualification for the UK Championship. Next up is Kyren Wilson, who defeated Oliver Lines 6-5.
World number one Zhao Xintong progressed with a 6-3 win over Irishman Aaron Hill. He plays Chang Bingyu, who remains in position to clinch the 16th qualification place for the UK Championship. Chang eased past Yuan Sijun 6-2.
Fan Zhengyi overcame Liam Davies 6-4 to set up a last eight meeting with Iran’s Hossein Vafaei, who beat Si Jiahui 6-3.
I can’t really add much. Some health problems affecting my eyesight mean that I can’t watch the screen for long periods, never mind for the duration of best of 11 matches going to a decider. Hopefully all that will be “resolved” soon… Getting old is no fun. 😔
There was one major upset yesterday at the 2026 International championship with the elimination of Judd Trump. That said, the man who beat Judd is Fan Zhengyi, a player who often seems to find an extra gear when facing top players, and who, let’s not forget, has won a ranking event before, the 2022 European Masters. That time he had beaten Kyren Wilson, seeded 5 at the time, and Yan Bingtao, rseeded 12 en route to the final, where he defeated Graeme Dott, seeded 17th.
Last week’s Northern Ireland Open champion Kyren Wilson admits he used his frustration as fuel to come from 5-3 down and beat Liam Highfield 6-5 at the International Championship in Nanjing.
The Warrior captured the Alex Higgins Trophy for the second time in Belfast last Sunday, thrashing Jak Jones 9-2 in the final to win the 11th ranking title of his career.
Wilson was on the ropes this afternoon, but breaks of 51, 127 and 75 in the last three frames saw him turn the tie on its head and emerge a 6-5 victor. After the match the defending Masters champion and 2024 Crucible king admitted he is setting his sights on this month’s UK Championship, where he is aiming to complete the Triple Crown set.
“He played very strongly today. I think every frame had a high break. I find Liam very difficult to play against. I think our styles clash and I play a lot faster. Liam is a little bit more methodical. I got a bit angry at 5-3 and I finished strongly,” said 34-year-old Wilson.
“It took eight frames to keep calm, in the ninth I got a bit angry and lost my composure, but it fired me up. Before that I missed one or two balls but afterwards I played well.
“I want to win the UK Championship. It is the tournament that is missing from my CV. It would be brilliant to complete the Triple Crown, but there are so many good players so it will be difficult.”
Three-time World Champion Mark Williams continued his strong form with a 6-2 defeat of India’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
The 51-year-old Welshman was runner-up to Ali Carter at September’s English Open and made the semis at last week’s Northern Ireland Open, where he lost out 6-5 to Jak Jones.
Williams composed contributions of 98, 123, 126 and 67 during this morning’s victory and now faces a mouth-watering meeting with quickfire Thai Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
Williams said: “I can’t grumble at getting to quarters and semis of ranking tournaments with all these players in them. In a few months I’m 52, so it is unbelievable to even still be competing. I should be long gone by this age, but we keep on trucking!“
Former European Masters winner Fan Zhengyi scored a shock 6-5 defeat of 2019 World Champion Judd Trump.
It’s a second consecutive early exit for the Ace in the Pack, who bowed out 4-3 in his first match at the Northern Ireland Open at the hands of Martin O’Donnell.
Today’s result was Fan’s first ever win over Trump and his reward is a meeting with Steven Hallworth in the next round.
World Champion and defending International Champion Wu Yize scored a 6-1 win over Robbie Williams, while world number one Zhao Xintong overcame a game David Lilley 6-4. They now play Stephen Maguire and Sam Craigie respectively.
There have already been more upsets today and a maximum by Theppy1 … but that’s for tomorrow’s report.
Here is the report by WST on what happened yesterday, day 1 of the event:
International Championship: Day One
Australia’s Neil Robertson produced a fine display to brush aside Jiang Jun 6-2 at the International Championship in Nanjing, but ever the perfectionist, the Melbourne cueman still ended the game hungry for more centuries.
Robertson top scored with 133 in today’s victory, ending with contributions of 82 and 94. However, it was the last two frames and his inability to convert them into three-figure runs which irked the world number three, who now faces Wang Xinbo, who scored a late night 6-3 win over Jak Jones.
This season, 44-year-old Robertson is donating £100 for every century he makes to the charity Talking Forward, which offers support to families impacted by child abuse. The charity was co-founded by Robertson’s wife Mille, who is currently undertaking a PhD in criminology.
“It is how I’ve always been. It is a good sign when I’m annoyed at things like that. Right now, every time I come to the table I feel like I’m going to clear up. It is always a nice feeling to clear the table. My game is in a really good place now and that was a tough opening match. I’m very pleased,” said 2010 World Champion Robertson.
“I’m donating £100 for every century. It is really important, because this is what Mille has been working towards for so many years. She has done amazing work and it is nice to contribute in some way and raise the profile of it.
“She puts a lot of time into it and this isn’t a charity which gets a great deal of coverage. It is really important and it helps thousands of lives.”
Four-time World Champion Mark Selby overcame the legendary Jimmy White 6-2 to book his place in the next round.
White, aged 64, is still showing his class on snooker’s biggest stage and overcame Matthew Stevens 6-5 in qualifying to secure his place in Nanjing.
It was a difficult day for Selby, with it being the 27th anniversary of his father passing away. He managed to produce a strong performance on the table and breaks of 72 and 67 helped him on his way to victory. Next up Selby faces Hossein Vafaei.
Selby said: “It was a tough day for me but I’m happy to get through. I love Jimmy. There isn’t a person on tour more well liked than him. To still be playing some great stuff at 64 years old is amazing.”
World Champion and defending champion Wu Yize put on a dominant display to whitewash Hammad Miah 6-0.
Last year Wu lifted his maiden ranking crown here in Nanjing with a 10-6 defeat of John Higgins in the final. He would go on to defeat Shaun Murphy 18-7 later that season at the World Championship to become Crucible king.
A top run of 129 helped Wu to overcome Miah this evening and he now moves on to continue his title defence against Robbie Williams.
World number one Zhao Xintong made breaks of 131 and 128 en route to a 6-1 defeat of Ian Burns. He will now meet David Lilley in the next round.
Welsh 20-year-old Liam Davies continued his tremendous run of form with a 6-2 defeat of China’s Zhou Yuelong. His reward is a meeting with Ricky Walden in the next round. Defeat ends Zhou’s hopes of automatically qualifying for the UK Championship, with the cut off following the conclusion of this week’s event.
I didn’t see a ball1, so can’t comment on the action.
What Millie and Neil Robertson are doing is wonderful. Hats off to them.
The fact that it was the 27th anniversary of Mark Selby’s dad passing certainly brought painful memories forward, but equally surely it brought memories of the promise he made to him on his deathbed. Mark’s father had raised him as a single father after his wife, Mark’s mother, had abandoned them: it was the promise to become a World Champion at snooker. Mark has more than fulfilled that promise, he has achieved everything there is to be achieved in the game, several times. His father would be very proud if he was still here to see it and live it with his son.
I have some health issues myself, that hopefully will be resolved in the near future. So, snooker had to take the back seat a bit. ↩︎
England’s Reanne Evans has defeated Mink Nutcharut 5-0 in the final to win the Niche Cues Women’s Snooker Open held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the first time this week.
The victory sees Evans become the third different winner of a ranking event from three events held so far this season and is her first title since since her previous triumph at the 2025 Belgian Open. It is her 64th ranking event success of her glittering 24-year career to date and continues a rich vein of form which has seen her reach four finals from the past three events held.
The 41-year-old – who also celebrated her birthday during the tournament – earned victory the hard way as having qualified from her group, she then defeated Yuk Fan Lau, world champion Panchaya Channoi, world number one Bai Yulu and finally former world champion Mink to seal glory.
Her toughest clash en route to the final saw her win the final two frames to edge Channoi 3-2 in the quarter-finals, while Mink also had to survive a deciding-frame in the semi-finals against Mongolia’s Narantuya Bayarsaikhan to reach her second final in a week, having also reached the Australian Open.
The final itself would prove to be a one-sided affair as Evans dominated throughout, crucially taking the fourth frame on the black with a clearance to all but extinguish the hopes of her Thai opponent, whose own title drought dating back to January 2025 extends further.
The highest break of the competition was a run of 90 compiled by Bai Yulu during her quarter-final victory against So Man Yan.
Channoi, Su, Claim Titles
Thailand’s Panchaya Channoi claimed her fifth career Under-21 title following a 2-0 win against compatriot Narucha Phoemphul in Malaysia.
The reigning world under-21 champion defeated Candyce Leow Xin Tian, Wang Ruotong and Liu Ziling to reach the final, before toppling top ranked Phoemphul to lift her first silverware since becoming world champion in May.
The Challenge Cup competition for players who did not reach the last 16 stage was won by Hong Kong China’s Chu Pui Ying, who defeated Thailand’s Thitapon Nakkaew following a dramatic deciding frame which came down to the final pink ball.
World Women’s Snooker would like to extend its thanks to Niche Premium Snooker, including all its staff and the tournament officials from Malaysia who helped ensure the smooth running of this landmark first event in the country.
Congratulations Reanne Evans!
Many matches were shown on YouTube during the event and the streaming was good quality and very stable. They were “short” matches in terms of numbers of frames but not necessarily in terms of time spent at the table. Women snooker often tends to get very tactical and big breaks are not very common.
I watched some of the matches, including the final. Reanne, it has to be said, played really well in this event. She was by far the best player in this competition.
I thought that the setup for the main table was quite interesting. Behind the table, as we looked on screen, stood a kind of partition, and the players seats were situated on both sides of this partition but not level with it. They were not actually behind it, but still slightly further towards the end of the room as we looked. The way it was organised, the players sitting there could see the table and follow the action, but chances that any possible reaction or movement on their part would be perceived by the player at the table were extremely slim.
The 18-year-old Welshman won through a field of 153 players from 33 countries to come away victorious from the biggest ever Q Tour event staged in mainland Europe and become the third different champion of the campaign – following Sanderson Lam and Aaron Busuttil.
Victory in Oberhausen represents the biggest title of the teenager’s career to date and sees him rise to the top of the Q Tour Europe ranking list after three events in the race for a World Snooker Tour (WST) tour card.
Two half-centuries earned Powell an opening round whitewash win over Simon Dent before a top break of 101 saw the Welshman defeat former World Snooker Federation (WSF) Junior champion Bulscu Revesz 4-2 on the penultimate day of action.
Compatriot Alfie Davies twice levelled from behind against Powell but was unable to deny him a 4-2 victory in the last 32 and the teenager then earned his place in the final day by whitewashing Umut Dikme on his home soil.
Powell kicked off the Sunday at Snooker Arena Germany with a 4-2 win over Luke Pinches to set up a semi-final meeting with Peter Lines, who had come through a dramatic deciding frame victory over home favourite Lukas Kleckers in the last eight.
Contributions of 61, 50 and 50 saw a rampant Powell defeated former professional Lines 4-0 to join England’s Lloyd in the final after he had beaten Mark Joyce by the same scoreline in the other semi-final.
After taking the opener on the last black the Welsh teenager fired in a break of exactly 100. He then took the third frame to move one away from victory.
Lloyd briefly rallied with a break of 79 in frame four, but it was Powell’s day and a decisive visit of 71 was enough to wrap up victory and the first Q Tour title of his career.
Following the presentation with Deutsche Billiard-Union (DBU) President Enrico Wahle and WPBSA Tournament Director James Chambers, Powell said: “I feel amazing, I came close in the last event by losing in the quarter-final so to win this one and move to the top of the rankings puts me in good stead to achieve my goal of turning professional.”
“I have been working very hard in practice with my coach Kevin Johnstone which has been a massive help to me – I can’t thank him enough. He’s helped my all-round game and myself as a person, on and off the table – he’s helped me to improve leaps and bounds” he added.
Q Tour victory marks a career highlight for the 18-year-old, who is aiming to join the WST and has earned his place in the upcoming UK Championship as part of the WPBSA nominations.
“This is definitely the biggest win of my career so far – it means more than any other. I can’t wait for the UK Championship; I’ve played in a few WST events and it’s always good to see how you can compete against the professionals.”
WPBSA Q Tour Europe continues with event four in Vienna, Austria on 12-15 November.
