it for the first time. he beat the four time champion, england s mark selby. before this tournament, brecel hadn t won a single match at the crucible. joe lynskey was watching. luca brecel. this year in snooker. the man to beat is luca. belgium s luca brecel could see this sport s finish line 1510 up in the world championship final, but up against mark selby. he s won this title four times before, but brazil s theme for the fortnight has been to take on the best. before this year he d not been past the first round. now with century breaks and sensational shots, he was two frames from victory as he got it. of course he has. but selby knows how to come back. oh, look at this. last year, he had a break from the game and took time out for his mental health. the man who made a one for seven last night now stared down the deficit and won five frames in a row. the former champion was on the charge, but brecel got a breakthrough. a miss brought a chance and brecel won a crucial 17th
he beat the four time champion, england s mark selby. before this tournament, brecel hadn t won a single match at the crucible. joe lynskey was watching. luca brecel. this year in snooker. the man to beat is luca. belgium s luca brecel could see this sport s finish line 1510 up in the world championship final, but up against mark selby. he s won this title four times before, but brazil s theme for the fortnight has been to take on the best. before this year he d not been past the first round. now with century breaks and sensational shots, he was two frames from victory as he got it. of course he has. but selby knows how to come back. oh, look at this. last year, he had a break from the game and took time out for his mental health. the man who made a one for seven last night now stared down the deficit and won five frames in a row. the former champion was on the charge, but brecel got a breakthrough. a miss brought a chance and brecel won a crucial 17th frame. the path was cle
he beat the four time champion, england s mark selby. before this tournament, brecel hadn t won a single match at the crucible. joe lynskey was watching. here comes the belgian, luca brecel. this year in snooker the man to beat is luca. belgium s luca brecel could see this sport s finish line. 15 10 up in the world championship final, but up against mark selby. he has won this title four times before, but brecel s theme for the fortnight has been to take on the best. before this year he had not been past the first round. now with century breaks and sensational shots he could go all the way. but selby can do comebacks. wonderful shot. he is here off the back of a break from the game where he took time out for his mental health. last night he made a 147 maximum and yet still so far it s not been enough. the former champion was on the charge but luca brecel got a breakthrough. a mis brought a chance and new server set up one a crucial 17 frame and the pass was cleared to make it
belgium s luca brecel could see this sport s finish line 1510 up in the world championship final, but up against mark selby. he s won this title four times before, but brazil s theme for the fortnight has been to take on the best. before this year he d not been past the first round. now with century breaks and sensational shots, he was two frames from victory as he got it. of course he has. but selby knows how to come back. oh, look at this. last year, he had a break from the game and took time out for his mental health. the man who made a one for seven last night now stared down the deficit and won five frames in a row. the former champion was on the charge, but brecel got a breakthrough. a miss brought a chance and brecel won a crucial 17th frame. the path was clear to make this his year. brecel is the first man from mainland europe to win the title. history in sheffield for this sport s new belgian superstar. joe lynskey, bbc news. the two time women s champions league win
make 60 degrees in aberdeen. across central and eastern england, if you mist those showers, temperatures could reach 16 or 17 degrees. but we have an area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather after dark overnight and into friday. strongest winds across northern parts of france, but through the channel and along the south coast of england and south wales, winds up to 50 or 60 mph overnight and into the early part of friday morning before they ease. wet weather overnight, that becomes more patchy and showery. further north, some sunshine perhaps. but also a few showers. still very unsettled. temperatures are going to be lower, typically 11 to 30 degrees by friday. heading into the weekend, those temperatures continue to just drop away a little bit, but it should be turning much drier. thanks, darren. from the six team, it s goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m laura mcghie. coming up on wednesday s programme. both scotland and wales top their european champion