Brecel suffered the day after the first session in the Crucible Theater met 6-3 in the case of the previous year that was not handed. In the eighth finale, he played against Welshman Mark Williams (WS 8), three wereld camps, of Engelsman Jimmy Robertson (WS 27). Robertson suffers na het first deel van de partij met 5-4.
It is for the 28-year-old ‘Belgian Bullet’ that the name given to the WK. He made his debut in 2012 as the youngest player ooit, pas 17, and was also there in 2017, 2018 (toen hij lost van Walden), 2019 and 2022. Maar telkens eindigde het toen voor Brecel in de eerste ronde.
As Brecel also de tweede ronde overleeft, he meets Ronnie O’Sullivan (WS 1) in the quarterly finals, possibly the title holders and zevenvoudig wereldkampioen. The Engelse snooker legend has a ticket for the eighth final as a beet.