Wilson slotted in a red from distance and added enough points to take the lead for the first time. Wilson converted a plant from long range and cleared with 69 for 2-2.įrame five was the scrappiest of the match and came down to a safety battle with four reds remaining. In frame four, Brecel made 59 before failing to split the pack and playing safe. The high scoring continued as Brecel regained the lead with a run of 105. A break of 130 gave him the opening frame, then in the second he missed a red to a top corner on 14 and world number five Wilson punished him with a 121. Victory for Brecel would make him the fourth non-British player to lift the trophy, after Patsy Fagan, Ding Junhui and Neil Robertson, and he would be the lowest ranked winner since Ding in 2005.īrecel made only one century in his first five matches of this event, but today with a capacity crowd gathered around a single table, he caught fire. His only ranking title so far came at the 2017 China Championship and he now has the chance to double his tally and join the list of winners of one of snooker’s most historic tournaments, dating back to 1977. Victory would also propel Brecel into the top 16 and give him a place in the Cazoo Masters. World number 40 Brecel will face Barry Hawkins or Zhao Xintong over 19 frames on Sunday, with the winner to lift the famous trophy and collect £200,000. “It’s a dream to play like that and win,” said the 26-year-old.
With one of the best performances of his career, Belgium’s Luca Brecel beat Kyren Wilson 6-4 to reach the final of the Cazoo UK Championship, becoming the first player from mainland Europe to reach the final of a Triple Crown event.īrecel was in tears as he potted the winning balls of a fabulous match in York which featured five centuries and five more breaks of 50.
Luca Brecel 6-4 Kyren Wilson (source WST) Brecel – It’s A Dream To Reach Final Whoever wins today will get into the top 16, kicking Zhou Yuelong out of the Masters. It’s also the first time that a UK final is competed between two players outside the top 16. It’s been ten years since we had two young players in the Final of the UK Championship: the last time was in 2011 when a 22 years old Judd Trump faced a 25 years old Mark Allen Luca is 26 years old, Zhao is 24. I was expecting a Kyren Wilson v Barry Hawkins final, instead we have Luca Brecel v Zhao Xintong and I’m delighted to have been proved wrong.
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