World Snooker Championship: Stan Moody, 16, wins in first round of qualifying

The 2023 World Championship runs from 15 April to 1 May

Sixteen-year-old Stan Moody earned the archetypal of 4 wins needed to scope the World Championship with triumph successful the archetypal circular of qualifying.

"Potting those winning balls - the alleviation - I couldn't halt shaking," Moody said. "I couldn't breathe."

Earlier this twelvemonth Moody won the World Junior Championship, earning him a spot successful this week's qualifiers and connected the elder circuit full-time adjacent season.

He made his debut connected the nonrecreational circuit past year, winning his archetypal lucifer against Lu Ning astatine Snooker Shoot Out.

Moody has been tipped for success by seven-time satellite champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, who helium played successful an accumulation aged 13.

Against Petrov, his archetypal quality successful the competition, helium made a interruption of 110 successful the 5th framework and 5 much half-centuries successful the match.

"It means everything," said the teenager, who precocious starred successful a CBBC documentary astir his aboriginal career. "All of the signifier has paid off. I came present not expecting anything."

He volition play China's satellite fig 68 Zhang Anda next.

"I americium conscionable going to bask it," helium said. "All of the unit is off. I person got implicit the hurdle of winning the archetypal one."

Elsewhere, erstwhile UK Championship and Masters finalist Marco Fu was beaten 10-5 by England's Martin O'Donnell.

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