Who can blame the Belgian star for partying till the early hours of the morning? He deserves to enjoy the moment.
The Belgian mentioned who enabled him to be there, trophy in hand:
Kieran Davies wrote this.
Brecel rips up the form guide
Having never advanced beyond the first round of the competition before, bookmakers would have laughed at anyone who bet on his winning it before the tournament even began.
Nobody was betting on him beating Ronnie O’Sullivan even in the quarter-finals.
Luca Brecel flourished as the underdog, and before he knew it, he was in the final.
Mark Selby pushed him to his breaking point, forcing him to improve as a player during this match up, saving some of his greatest snooker for the big stage.
Whatever he did, it worked, and he is now in dreamland.
Kieran Davies wrote this.
Luca Brecel has that winning feeling Luca Brecel must have been sitting in his chair, watching Mark Selby pot, wondering if he had blown his chance to become world champion.
Even at the table, his potting had failed him; he was missing shots by a country mile.
Such are the tiny margins; one missed shot by Mark Selby provided an opportunity for the Belgian.
He still had to take it, and boy did he take it.
He stands here with the trophy in front of him two frames later, realizing he is now world champion.
Mark Selby, the first to congratulate his opponent, tells the world how much Luca Brecel deserves this triumph.
Selby pushed extremely hard to reach this final and even scored a 147 maximum.
Selby came dangerously near to upsetting the odds when Luca appeared to be safe and dry.
The four-time champion put the Belgian’s nerve to the test, and at one point it appeared that he had caused him to crack.
Luca Brecel was able to dive deep and rediscover his game in order to bring the silver lady home with him.
