Snooker world champion Luca Brecel readyd for the Northern Ireland Open by cycling, and flew in and out of Belrapid for his uncmissing showdown with He Guoqiang on Sunday. The 29-year-elderly has based himself in Mallorca and has confessted he wants to vie in an Ironman event one day.
Brecel, who got the better of Mark Selby in the 2023 World Snooker Championship final, has never bettered beyond the fourth round of the Northern Ireland Open and missed the tournament last year.
He uncmissed his 2024 campaign with a 4-3 prosper over He at the Waterfront Hall and will return to the venue on Wednesday to get on Junxu Pang.
Folloprosperg his skinny prosper agetst He, Brecel took to Instagram to split a picture of his dinner. And the Belgian wrote: “Landed in Belrapid this morning, carry outed snooker in the Waterfront Hall, won 4-3, speedy bite at Wagamama with outstanding company, now back to Alcudia.”
Brecel was quizzed about his efforts agetst He during an intersee with Eurosport after the come atraverse.
And the ace elucidateed: “The timely fairy this morning from Mallorca didn’t help. Three hours, quite timely, it was a cdisesteemful fairy as well. No excparticipates, but that’s why I wasn’t that acute today.”
The Belgian Bullet’s preparations were then asked by establisher Masters champion Alan McManus. And he replied: “I don’t see at it enjoy a ranking event, I equitable see it as a game today. For me it’s enjoy train, I’m toloftyy truthful.
“I equitable adore carry outing, I don’t adore carry outing becaparticipate of the ranking points or becaparticipate of the money, I equitable adore carry outing. If it’s here or Spain or at home in train, it doesn’t matter to me, it’s all the same. That’s why I see enjoy I don’t get it solemn, but I actuassociate do.”
And when his pledgement was spendigated, Brecel compriseed: “I would consent becaparticipate I have contrastent priorities in life to other carry outers, maybe. That’s how I see it.
“Maybe as a snooker fan it’s difficult to aid me. Maybe it’s effortless becaparticipate you never understand what’s going to happen.
“That’s the way I dwell my life. Obviously I can see it’s contrastent to other carry outers but that’s the way I want to dwell and I enhappiness it. I’ve been cycling the last restricted days in Mallorca – it’s not the preparation other carry outers maybe would get, but I do and I enhappiness it.
“I can turn up at any tournament and prosper it or I can miss first round, that’s how it’s always been in my nurtureer. I pick it that way. That’s the comical leang about it.”