2023 Crucible king Luca Brecel saw off Chang Bingyu 10-8 in a pulsating contest to make Judgement Day at Halo World Championship qualifying in Sheffield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since capturing snooker’s biggest prize three years ago, Brecel has failed to hit the same heights in the aftermath and as a result now finds himself ranked 46th in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, when the Bullet is on form his dazzling best is a match for anyone, as proven this afternoon in a match which produced fireworks for a packed crowd at the English Institute of Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having returned to the tour after suspension this season, Bingyu showed his talents at the Scottish Open when he was runner-up to Chris Wakelin. He also made a 147 during UK Championship qualifying.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That maximum proved to be worth its weight in gold when Bingyu made a stunning 147 to end the opening session of this tie with Brecel 5-4 up. It means he is in position to land a potential \u00a3172,000 payout, by virtue of making two in the majors this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A dazzling afternoon of snooker saw Brecel craft breaks of 51, 70, 81, 120, 63 and 52 to earn a final round showdown with former finalist Jak Jones, who beat Marco Fu 10-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brecel said: “I enjoyed it a lot. It was mentally quite exhausting to play to that level the whole game. We started off well and we never looked back. Every frame was in one visit. It was a very high level and I’m happy to be the winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is nice to have an easy starter in the qualifiers! The level he produced isn’t going to get any better than that. It was a good start for me really, because by winning it gives me a lot of confidence. There was a really good crowd and it is nice to be able to play here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Jak is another tough game. You can’t predict what is going to happen. All I know is that I will have to play to the same level again to have a chance. It is nice to be still in there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anthony McGill completed an epic fightback, winning six in a row to see off Martin O’Donnell 10-9 and earn a place in the final round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Scot crafted contributions of 74, 63, 51, 128 and 72 to come from 9-4 down and score an unlikely victory. Next up for McGill is a Judgement Day meeting with Ali Carter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carter reeled off eight consecutive frames himself to beat Belgium’s Julien Leclercq 10-5. The two-time finalist top scored with 142.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World number 18 Jack Lisowski progressed despite a strong showing from German amateur Umut Dikme. Northern Ireland Open champion Lisowski prevailed 10-7 and will now face He Guoqiang, who beat Long Zehuang 10-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben Mertens is one match away from a Crucible debut after beating Yuan Sijun 10-9. He faces Fan Zhengyi, who scored a 10-4 defeat of Jimmy Robertson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THIRD ROUND RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Liam Highfield (Eng) bt Stephen Maguire (Sco) 10-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anthony McGill (Sco) bt Martin O\u2019Donnell (Eng) 10-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n He Guoqiang (Chn) bt Long Zehuang (Chn) 10-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ali Carter (Eng) bt Julien Leclercq (Ger) 10-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ben Mertens (Ger) bt Yuan Sijun (Chn) 10-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack Lisowski (Eng) bt Umut Dikme (Ger) 10-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jak Jones (Wal) bt Marco Fu (Hkg) 10-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luca Brecel (Ger) bt Chang Bingyu (Chn) 10-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zhang Anda (Chn) bt Bulcsu Revesz (Hun) 10-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n Xu Si (Chn) bt Liu Hongyu (Chn) 10-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ryan Day (Wal) bt Chadha Singh (Ind) 10-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gary Wilson (Eng) bt Allan Taylor (Eng) 10-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leo Peifan (Chn) bt Jordan Brown (Eng) 10-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zak Surety (Eng) bt Oliver Sykes (Eng) 10-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oliver Lines (Eng) bt Ben Woollaston (Eng) 10-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fan Zhengyi (Chn) bt Jimmy Robertson (Eng) 10-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2023 Crucible king Luca Brecel saw off Chang Bingyu 10-8 in a pulsating contest to make Judgement Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[378],"class_list":["post-11652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-snooker"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel.jpg",1536,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel-300x211.jpg",300,211,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel-768x540.jpg",640,450,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel-1024x720.jpg",640,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel.jpg",1536,1080,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel.jpg",1536,1080,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Luca-Brecel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11654,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11652\/revisions\/11654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}