Luca Brecel unfazed by defeats: ‘Once I start trying, I can get the results’
Luca Brecel unfazed by defeats: ‘Once I start trying, I can get the results’
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Luca Brecel has had a difficult 18 months on the table since his Crucible glory, but isn’t worried, saying: ‘If I am not playing well, it is because I am not trying really hard to play well.’. The Belgian Bullet turned in one of the great World Championship performances to lift the title in Sheffield in 2023, beating the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Williams on his way to the final where he downed Mark Selby.
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It was stunning stuff but he hasn’t followed it up with much success, as just two quarter-finals are his best ranking results since then. So poor have his results been that when his points for winning the World Championship come off at the end of the season, his provisional ranking is currently 54th.
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The 29-year-old has done things his own way since winning the world title, skipping some events, focussing on training for an Ironman Triathlon over practice and even flying in and out of Mallorca in between games at the Northern Ireland Open. Asked if he feels people have questioned his methods over the last 18 months, he said: ‘Maybe. I am not really involved to be honest, because there’s no way to text me on Instagram. I am not on Facebook. I am not on Twitter. I don’t see a lot of the things.
‘I suppose there are many people questioning a lot of things but yeah, that is their opinion. I have no problem with that.’. Brecel is relaxed because he is very confident that whenever he does put the work in, the results will follow. ‘I do things the way I like to do it. For me it works,’ he said. ‘If I am not playing well, it is because I am not trying really hard to play well. It’s just because I am not even trying.
