Tag: Luca Brecel
Mark Williams goes head to head with Luca Brecel in the first of the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship semi-final showdowns on Friday. Two former World champions lock horns at the Global Theatre in Boulevard City, with a final against either Ronnie O’Sullivan or Mark Allen for the winner to look forward to later in the […]
Ding Junhui aims to continue his perfect record against Luca Brecel when the pair lock horns in the Scottish Open last 16 on Thursday. The world number seven collides with the world number nine in the standout tie of the round at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. The head-to-head has been very one-sided with Ding […]
Luca Brecel launches his World Championship title defence with a tricky opening match against David Gilbert at the Crucible on Saturday. As is traditional, the reigning champion will break off at 10am BST on Saturday in Sheffield, where he is looking to become the first player to avoid the notorious “Crucible Curse”. Indeed, none of […]
Luca Brecel headlines day two of the 2023 Champion of Champions, while Mark Williams is also in action at the Bolton Whites Hotel on Tuesday. Indeed, there are two World champions in Group 2, along with one of the season’s form players in European Masters winner Barry Hawkins, and the returning Robert Milkins. Brecel faces […]
Luca Brecel has climbed to a career high second in the WST rankings after his triumph at the World Snooker Championship earlier this month. The Belgian became snooker’s first World champion from mainland Europe when he defeated Mark Selby 18-15 in a thrilling final at the Crucible. Collecting the top prize of £500,000, Brecel moved […]
Belgium’s Luca Brecel created history by becoming the first player from mainland Europe to be crowned World Snooker Champion as he defeated Mark Selby 18-15 in the final at The Crucible. Brecel, 28, came into the tournament having never won a match in five previous Crucible campaigns, but defeated three former World Champions on his […]
Mark Selby made the first maximum break in a World Snooker Championship final, but trails Luca Brecel 9-8 overnight at the Crucible. The Jester created history in the Sheffield showpiece on Sunday as he coolly compiled a brilliant 147 in the penultimate frame of the second session. Hitting the fifth maximum of his career, four-time […]
Mark Selby and Luca Brecel will battle it out for the right to be crowned 2023 World Snooker Champion in an unmissable final at The Crucible. A two-day date with destiny sees a stalwart of snooker’s greatest stage and a ferocious raw talent collide for the £500,000 top prize and the sport’s most sacred silverware. […]
Luca Brecel produced the greatest Crucible comeback of all time to deny Si Jiahui and reach his first World Snooker Championship final. The Belgian became the first player from mainland Europe to advance to the Sheffield showpiece, after recovering from 14-5 down to stun Si 17-15 on Saturday. Despite the hefty deficit, Brecel gave himself […]