It's been a tough time for Lucas Bressel no Sinoka The table, but he noticed that turned into a corner, and turned into an à and a boa shape and confidently raised the Prata medallion again.
After winning the 2023 World Championship, it's impressive. fashionThe Belgian Bullet had a less than spectacular campaign and ended their title defence with a defeat to Dave Gilbert in the first round.
A terrible start to the season meant his win over Anthony Hamilton at Englishman Alberto last week was his first since March, a notable absence for a player of such immense talent.
The 29-year-old is in the third round of this week's British Open at Cheltenham, having beaten Mohammed Shihab and Tian Pengfei now and looks encouraging in his encounter.
The item has been highly improved so that it can't revert to its shape off the table and your game feels like it's in good shape too.
“I'm playing as well or better than I've played with our trains in matches, I'm moving forward,” he said of Tian's 4-2 defeat on night three. “Everything is in place and in a good place. I'm looking forward to this season more than ever.
“There are some things to improve and I'm not used to winning that many games in a row, but I feel I'm playing well enough to win the tournament,” he added.
“I lost about ten kilos, so now I feel like I'm off the table. Cycling is great because I like to be free, face, body and mind.
“I used to look at the world rankings, but nothing more than that, not where this is. It doesn’t matter because whatever you play, you won’t look too bad. People keep busy with the rankings. Do you really think Neil Robertson will never come back? I’m always happy, I’m always happy.”
One player who doesn't care about the ranking is world number one Judd Trump, who is also making his third appearance at Cheltenham after wins over Rob Milkins and Ryan Day.
Trump hit his 999th series against Milkman, but failed to do much in a 4-2 win over Day, but he says he's happy to save his 1,000th for a bigger match.
“I don’t even think when I’m here,” he said of getting to the frame. “Em nenhum had two really great chances, where the balls ran really hard. There was something weird here and there that meant the game couldn’t really flow. You really had no chance.”
“I'm not oblivious to this, I'd rather try to save it for later in the tournament.”
The most surprising name in the third round was Ukrainian heartthrob Julian Boyko, after the 19-year-old beat world number 13 Si Jiahui 4-1 in the third round.
“He had the biggest win not on the tour because he really supported me,” said Boyko. “I'm very happy with the result. I've been playing in some tournaments recently, so I feel confident.
My schedule is full because I can play amateur and pro events. But I prefer the pro tour because the atmosphere and locations are perfect, and I have a drink or play a better game.
British Open third round schedule
4th Exhibition September 25th
10 am
Hussein Fafai x Zhang Yu
Alan Taylor x Liu Haotian
Anton Kazakov x Liam Davies
Cheung Ka Wai x Oliver Lines
1pm
Dave Gilbert x Ben Woollaston
Sunny Akani x Anthony Kowalski
Rory Thor x Mark Joyce
Kyren Wilson x Duane Jones
the next
Hamad Miah x Ben Mertens
David Grace x Louis Allah
Ricky Walden x Jimmy Clark
John Higgins x Shaun Murphy
7 pm
Yuan Sijun x Mark Selby
Like Jones vs Julian Boyko
Fafai/Chang x Stan Moody
Harris Tahir x Taylor/Leo
the next
Neil Robertson x Thor/Joyce
Stuart Bingham x Stephen Maguire
Gilbert/Wollaston x Ashley Carty
Elliot Slessor x Show C
5th Exhibition September 26th
1pm
Murphy/Higgins x Graeme Dott
Mark Davis x Judd Trump
Walden/Clark x Thepchaiya On Noah
Cheung/Lines vs.
the next
Fu x Wilson/Jones
Mia/Mertens x Allen
Kazakov/Davis x Bressel
Grace/God vs. Wakilin
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