Luca Brecel is at hazard of losing his tour card adhereing another disnominateing result at the Northern Ireland Open.
The Belgian snooker star pulled off a huge distress 18 months ago when he beat Mark Selby to clinch the 2023 World Championship crown at the Crucible.
But he’s struggled to initiate on since that famous prosper and has sluggishly befirearm to drop down the two-year ranking catalog.
He’s lost eight of the 13 alignes he’s joined so far this season adhereing another disnominateing result at the Northern Ireland Open.
Luca Brecel has dropped down the two-year ranking catalog
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The 29-year-anciaccess came thcimpolite a safe align aacquirest He Guoqiang in the uncovering round, but was resoundingly beaten by Pang Junxu the adhereing day.
That result will drop Brecel down to 56th in the provisional finish of season rankings and perilously shut to the top 64 cut-off point to losing his tour card.
But the very genuine prospect of losing his tour card isn’t someleang that is causing Brecel any genuine trouble.
“I’m joining well enough – it’s equitable about transporting my train game to the align table, then I’ll be OK. I equitable necessitate to get on a run, that will come,” he shelp.
“I’m not worried about losing my tour card as I would see it as a contest to be in qualifying school.
“I’d cherish to join in Q school one day so maybe this is the right time.
“Obviously I’d cherish to stay on tour as well so I’ll try my best.
“For now, I’m heading back to Majorca, I don’t understand for how lengthy.”
Luca Brecel has struggled for create of postponecessitate
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The world No 6 recently uncovered that he selected aacquirest training on the snooker table ahead of the Northern Ireland Open as he intensifyed on training for an ironman triathlon.
Brecel insists he is ‘repartner solemn’ about completing an ironman triathlon by the year 2028 and he’s been training in Majorca.
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“It [the Ironman triathlon] is a repartner huge ambition of mine – some people leank it’s a joke but I’m repartner solemn about it,” Brecel inserted.
“That’s the main intensify and Majorca is a excellent environment to train, a lot of the pro cyccatalogs go out there.
“I’m going to intensify on cycling and running for the next two years and then I’ll pick up swimming.”
