Luca Brecel and Reanne Evans mixed to seize the 2024 World Combined Doubles crown in Manchester on Sunday.

The duo claimed the highest prize on the Manchester Central, beating Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna 4-2 within the closing.

For a lot of the second day, it had appeared as if the reigning world champion on the principle tour and the 12-time ladies’s world champion had been heading for an early exit.

Brecel and Evans trailed Selby and Kenna 3-0 within the final round-robin fixture, with their fourth body proving pivotal within the general consequence of the match.

Had Selby and Kenna ran out 4-0 winners, they might have confronted Judd Trump and Baipat Siripaporn within the closing.

As a substitute, Brecel and Evans received the essential body they required to advance.

They completed on the identical factors as Trump and Siripaporn within the league desk however progressed at their rivals’ expense because of a 3-1 head-to-head victory on day one.

Within the title-deciding conflict, Brecel and Evans confronted table-toppers Selby and Kenna once more, the latter having gone undefeated within the competitors to this point.

Brecel and Evans gained the primary two frames however had been pegged again, and parity was restored when Selby compiled a break of 67 within the fourth body.

A good fifth body subsequently noticed Brecel and Evans transfer to throughout the brink of glory, and so they duly sealed the champion’s cheque with a run of 59.

Reigning champions Neil Robertson and Mink Nutcharut didn’t win a single match this yr and completed final within the group stage.

Again on the calendar for a second season, the World Combined Doubles was a well-attended occasion with a positively obtained followers zone on the venue.

The ultimate, which Selby and Kenna misplaced for the second time having additionally completed runner-up in 2022, proved to be essentially the most entertaining tie of your complete weekend.

Nevertheless, the snooker was in any other case troublesome to look at at instances, with protracted drawn-out frames making the motion laborious to take pleasure in.

Whether or not the format wants a tweak or if the match merely doesn’t work will each be among the many concerns following this weekend’s play.

Brecel and Evans gained’t thoughts, specifically the Belgian who will probably be feeling a bit happier about his upcoming Crucible defence now that he’s received some silverware from this marketing campaign within the bag.

World Combined Doubles

Saturday

Spherical-Robin Stage

Robertson & Nutcharut 2-2 Brecel & Evans
Trump & Siripaporn 2-2 Selby & Kenna

Trump & Siripaporn 1-3 Brecel & Evans
Selby & Kenna 2-2 Robertson & Nutcharut

Sunday

Trump & Siripaporn 3-1 Robertson & Nutcharut
Brecel & Evans 1-3 Selby & Kenna

Remaining

Brecel & Evans 4-2 Selby & Kenna

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