Beijing time on May 14 news, the 2022 Snooker Q Tour playoffs came to a successful end, 19-year-old Belgian Julian Leclerc, 5-2 reverse England's Alex Crenshaw to win the championship, and won the 2022-23, 2023-24 seasons of the professional tour qualification. At that time, the Runner-up of the British Championship and scottish Open champion Luka Brechel will join the little brother in the game.
The World Taiwan Federation Q Tour is a competition for amateur players, with a total of 4 races this season, and 19-year-old Chinese teenager Si Jiahui won the second race. Leclerc finished fifth in the playoffs with the top 16 players, and he reached the final with three straight wins. In the final, in the case of 0-2 behind, a wave of 5-0 counterattacks, 5-2 reverse victory over Crenshaw to win the championship.
After Leclerc won the Q Tour playoff championship and qualified for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 Seasons of the Professional Tour, the WWC official website reads: "The Q Tour Tour this season is all over, and Leclerc will compete in the professional arena next season with no. 1 Sean O'Sullivan." In the 2022/23 season we will see on the tour another young player from Belgium, Leclerc, in addition to the two-time ranking champion Luca Bressell. ”
Yes, next season, on the Snooker World Pro Tour, there will be two Belgian players. Luca Brechel, the best of the post-90s players, has performed extremely well in the season that just ended, winning 1 championship and 1 sub-division.
Brechel reached the final at the British Championship, one of the three major competitions, and with a slight regret, he lost 5-10 to Zhao Xintong in the final and missed the title. In the scottish Open, Brechel reached the final again, and in the final, he won the championship with a 9-5 victory over four-time World Champion "Wizard" John Higgins. At the end of the year, it ranks 12th in the world.
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So, can Leclerc make a name for himself on the professional snooker tour and even win the championship honor like his big brother Brechel? The next two seasons will be his experience and test.