Jack Lisowski ‘freestyling’ as he ditches help in search for winning formula

Jack Lisowski is flying solo, deciding to ‘freestyle’ aft moving with mentors and coaches, though helium is yet to determine which is the champion way for him.

The 33-year-old has booked his spot astatine the UK Championship aft beating Bai Yulu successful his last qualifier connected Wednesday, having downed Rory Thor successful his opener.

Jackpot reached the semi-finals successful York 2 years agone and volition beryllium hoping to amended connected that run, but helium volition beryllium doing it without anyone successful his corner.

The satellite fig 21 was moving intimately with erstwhile satellite champion Peter Ebdon successful caller years and spent immoderate clip with Mark Williams’ manager Lee Walker, but helium is going it unsocial now.

Asked if helium is moving with anyone, helium said: ‘No one. Just freestyling.’

On whether his crippled is amended erstwhile not having tons of proposal going done his head, helium said: ‘Dunno, maybe, I’m not sure.

‘I deliberation if I beryllium down and truly deliberation however to get amended past possibly it’s amended for maine to person idiosyncratic connected board, truthful astatine the infinitesimal I’m conscionable slapping them astir and spot what happens.

‘I’m conscionable trying to use myself, but I’m enjoying my snooker truthful that’s the main thing.

‘I could person mislaid that crippled against Thor, helium was playing bully and had maine nether it, but I felt calm. I could person panicked but this play successful adjacent games I’ve been doing truly good truthful I deliberation I’m applying myself amended than before.’

Lisowski’s agelong quest for a archetypal ranking rubric is inactive ongoing, having been to six finals, though the past of those was successful 2021.

He is not worrying himself with titles, oregon adjacent wins and losses successful matches, though, conscionable blessed to bask playing again aft a spell earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile helium fell retired of emotion with the game.

‘Since the World Championships I’ve been enjoying my snooker again,’ helium said. ‘It’s not similar the extremity of the satellite if I suffer and I’m not that bothered if I triumph either truthful I’m successful a bully place.

‘I sorted my beingness retired disconnected the table, got happier, sorted immoderate things out. You get older and wiser. I’m feeling good.’

Lisowski’s semi-final tally successful 2022 was fantastic arsenic helium bushed Xu Si, Hossein Vafaei and Shaun Murphy earlier a constrictive nonaccomplishment to eventual champion Mark Allen.

His archetypal circular nonaccomplishment to Jamie Jones past twelvemonth showed his inconsistency and helium is hoping to marque amends successful York this clip round.

‘I’ve been determination astir 10 years now, it’s a truly bully place,’ helium said. ‘Did alright determination 2 years ago, did crap past twelvemonth truthful I’ll effort and enactment that right.

‘I deliberation you tin gully connected stuff, you tin get bully feelings if you’ve done good determination successful the past. I’ve done alright determination truthful it’s ever bully to spell back.’