The snooker ace has landed a hefty prize for his qualification exploits.
Chang Bingyu earned a hefty bonus for his qualifying exploits (Picture: Getty)
World Championship hopeful Chang Bingyu banked a whopping £147,000 for his exploits in qualifying… however would possibly nonetheless miss out on a spot in the principle draw. The Chinese language potter was arising in opposition to former Crucible King, Luca Brecel, when he pulled off a most break.
The World Snooker Tour had been providing gamers who achieved two 147 breaks within the World Championship, UK Championship, Masters and Saudi Arabia Masters this season. The bumper £147,000 reward was given to Ronnie O’Sullivan earlier within the yr when he managed two in the identical match on the Saudi Arabia Masters.
Chang’s effort wasn’t fairly as spectacular, nevertheless, he did enter World Championship qualifying with one 147 to his title within the required tournaments thus far. He’d managed it on the UK Championship qualifying, and adopted it up with one other within the match in opposition to Brecel.
What’s extra, if there aren’t any additional 147 breaks between now and the top of qualifying, he’ll add one other £15,000 to his coffers for the very best break prize. However the actual prize for Chang could be a spot in the principle draw of the World Championship, with the 23-year-old boasting a 5-4 in a single day lead.
In the meantime, in a separate BBC Wales interview, Murphy added: “That’s the perfect efficiency in a best-of-seven match that I’ve ever seen. If that have been Ronnie O’Sullivan or Judd Trump, it might be on the information. It was fairly actually the perfect efficiency I’ve ever witnessed in a match of that size.
“I imply, you may copy and paste my feedback from final week from the Gamers Championship. It’s one other completely excellent efficiency from an opponent in opposition to me this season. I’ve obtained nothing however good issues to say about it – what a efficiency and what a participant.”
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