World champion Luca Brecel was shocked to lose 5-2 against India’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha in the opening round of the German Masters.
After defeating Stuart Bingham in qualifying, Chadha won four straight games to defeat the slumping Belgian and record one of his greatest career victories
World champion Luca Brecel was shocked to lose 5-2 against India’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha in the opening round of the German Masters.
After defeating Stuart Bingham in qualifying, Chadha won four straight games to defeat the slumping Belgian and record one of his greatest career victories.
Amidst a series of unexpected events in Berlin, veteran Marco Fu from Hong Kong demonstrated remarkable agelessness by defeating Mark Selby 5-1, while Shaun Murphy was defeated 5-3 by China’s Xu Si.
Judd Trump escaped a similar fate when he defeated Lukas Kleckers of Belgium 5-0 with two hundreds, and Neil Robertson also returned to form with a 5-1 victory over Sanderson Lam.
In a thrilling second-round match, world no. 20 Hossein Vafaei was destroyed 5-0 by Elliot Slessor, while Mark Allen overcame Thailand’s Manasawin Phetmalaikul 5-4 by maintaining his composure and producing a break of 100 in the decisive frame.
