Thread: Luka Brecel

Yesterday evening I watched the new snooker phenom beat Ricky Walden in the UK Championship.
Luka is a Belgian, and considered the most promising young player.
Generally I am skeptical because a) things like that are said a lot when a new kid performs ok and b) Belgians like to underestimate other Belgians

But yesterday I had to adjust my opinion. Not because he won, which could be just a good day for him or a bad day for walder. It was the way he played which rang true. His style reminded me about O' Sullivan. He doesn't hesitate. Doesn't ponder difficult shots. He just walks to the tabe, looks, and shoots. During the game, he very much looked like he owned the table, in the same way that O' Sullivan can look like the Godfather of snooker.

So I just checked his wiki, and his performance in the past years has been more awesome than I thought.
Luca Brecel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The youngest player ever in the crucible, and beating former world champions by the score

The great thing is that this will probably bring snooker to a more prominent spot in the tv broadcast schedules.