Brecel 0-0 Brown (62-5)
Anorther nasty broon to left-middle is made to look simple, but Luca will need one of four tied-up reds … so he promotes one of three on the top cushion off the pink; a tight slide to the centre and Oliver needs snookers. But he can’t quite find the angle to get it down, so we’ll have a bit of back and forth before he eventually secures the frame. Except as I type, Oliver goes in-off, so it’s just a red required now.
Brecel 0-0 Brown (33-5)
Luca looks in decent touch here – he’s been steadily improving these last few months after enjoying a long world champion’s holiday. He keeps the break going with a brown coaxed diagonally to the middle, a thin cut to right corner follows, and this looks like developing into a frame-winning contribution.
Brecel 0-0 Brown (11-5)
Attacking safety from Luca that opens the pack but leaves one for Oliver; he can manage it and no more. The world champ then misses a thin contact, looking to go up the table and flick a red close to left-middle in off the top rail. He misses but his opponent doesn’t fancy it himself so puts him back in, second time he hits, and he’s away,
Away we go!
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For you this morning
We begin with Luca Brecel v Oliver Brown, and after that it’s Ronnie O’Sullivan v Michael White. Not bad, eh?
Hello there!
And welcome to the World Open 2024 – day two!
Monday recap – Allen out, Trump and Brecel reach main draw
World No. 3 Mark Allen crashed out of the World Open in China after a scrappy 5-3 defeat to Daniel Wells.
Allen was made to pay for a sluggish start in a slow-paced encounter as Wells ground out victory.
Elsewhere in the main draw, Kyren Wilson progressed with a 5-4 win over David Grace that he topped off with a 122 break, while Barry Hawkins beat Jenson Kendrick 5-2.
Monday’s action also saw plenty of qualifying matches, with home favourite Ding Junhui outlasting Zak Surety to reach the last 64, but there was a moment to remember for the Englishman after he produced a career-first 147 break.
Top seed Judd Trump and world champion Luca Brecel were also among the winners.