Luca Brecel and Reanne Evans beat Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna within the closing to win the World Combined Doubles Championship.

Reigning males’s world champion Brecel and England’s 12-time ladies’s world champion Evans received 4-2 in Manchester.

“I have been enjoying a very long time and it’s implausible to be lifting a trophy and play a closing alongside these nice gamers,” mentioned Evans, 38.

“Their assist is barely going to assist the ladies and assist the sport.”

Belgium’s Brecel made two half-centuries within the opening body, regardless of solely arriving shortly earlier than play was because of get underneath approach.

“I parked my automobile within the improper place and it bought taken away so I needed to go and get it simply earlier than the ultimate,” he mentioned. “Fortunately I made it in time.”

Brecel mentioned the win provides him momentum as he prepares for the defence of his world title on the Crucible in Sheffield from 20 April.

“I am actually glad to win,” he added. “I used to be already feeling higher in my recreation the previous couple of months and this title helps as nicely earlier than going to Sheffield.”

The match was introduced again to the World Snooker Tour in 2022 having beforehand been performed as soon as earlier than in 1991.

It options pairings made up of 4 of the world’s greatest gamers within the males’s and ladies’s recreation in a round-robin group stage, with the highest two groups qualifying for the ultimate.

Selby and Kenna beat Brecel and Evans 3-1 of their closing group recreation on Sunday afternoon to high the desk on seven frames received.

Brecel and Evans completed stage on six frames received with Judd Trump and Thailand’s 2023 ladies’s world champion Baipat Siripaporn, however certified for the ultimate due to a superior head-to-head report.

Defending champions Neil Robertson and ladies’s world primary Mink Nutcharut, additionally of Thailand, completed backside following two attracts and a defeat.