Maguire beats youngster Brecel in Betfred World Snooker Championships

Experience overcame youth today as Stephen Maguire overcame the prodigious talent of Belgium's Luca Brecel at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championships https://www.betfred.com/snooker

The scoreline reads 10-5, but the reality was a much closer match, with teenager, Brecel, showing why he's seen by many as one of the future stars of the sport. He was regularly knocking in big breaks, but it Maguire's experience saw him close out the frames at key moments.

Brecel became the youngest player in the Championship's history to knock in a century on his first very first day at the table and even on his first ever frame in Sheffield he made 96. With nerves like that at just 17, we may be watching a World Champion in the making.

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