The WSF Junior and Women events will reach their conclusion today, with only the finals still to be played.

WST shared a short report on the previous days outcome

PATEL TO MEET CROWLEY IN WSF JUNIOR FINAL

England’s Kaylan Patel will meet Ireland’s Leone Crowley in the final of the WSF Junior Championship on Thursday, with the winner will earn a two-year tour card for the World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2025/26 season.

The best-of-nine frame final starts at 3pm local time at the Radisson Blu Resort in Saïdia, Morocco. Click here for the knockout results and here for live scores. 

Patel, age 16 from Leicester, has proved the surprise package of the event, knocking out the likes of O’Shay Scott, Riley Powell and Zhou Jinhao. Crowley, age 18 from Ballyvolane, has lost just six frames in the seven matches he has won so far. In the semi-finals he saw off Scotland’s Amaan Iqbal 4-1.

Meanwhile, Bai Yulu will meet Mink Nutcharut in the final of the WSF Women’s Championship, starting at 10am on Thursday. For all results click here.

I was really impressed by Kaylan Patel yesterday. He’s not just a very good potter, he’s got a maturity in his game that is well beyond his years. He outplayed Zhou Jinhao, who, himself, had impressed me in his whitewash win over Joel Connolly in the quarter-finals. Zhou could not reproduce that form in the semi-final – he made far too many mistakes he wasn’t making in his previous match – and, maybe, fatigue was a factor¹. It’s a shame because that semi-final had the potential to be a really fantastic advert for the sport if both had been able to play their best game.

In other news …

WST has announced yesterday that Ronnie has with drawn from the 2025 German Masters. However if this article in the press is to be trusted, Ding has as well but unless I missed something, WST stayed silent …

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The star is not the only high-profile player to withdraw from the German Masters, which gets underway on Monday. World No.9 Ding Junhui has also pulled out after being due to take on Ross Muir in the opening round.

If Ding really withdrew, and the press knows it, surely the people in charge at WST do too but chose to keep it quiet and you have to wonder why² and how often that may have happened in the past with other players withdrawals, including Ronnie’s.

1. The SF was played at a time that was well into the night in China, and our “body clock” needs several days to fully adapt. Zhou maybe young, but sleep deprivation isn’t good for anyone’s concentration. ↩︎
2. When it’s about high profile players, continue to sell bums on seats maybe? If you can think of another, more honourable reason, please put it in the comment section … ↩︎