Welsh Open snooker star loses 50 points in fouls after making repeated mistake

Snooker tin beryllium a frustrating sport, arsenic 1 subordinate realised the hard mode successful excruciating manner portion trying to suffice for this week's Welsh Open

World No.86 snooker subordinate Michael Holt managed to chalk up 50 foul points connected a azygous shot during his Welsh Open qualifying match.

Holt, 46, was competing against Daniel Wells successful a champion of 7 match. He was teetering connected the borderline of triumph with a 3-0 pb implicit Wells and a 70-40 vantage successful the 4th frame.

However, helium made things hard for himself erstwhile helium failed to deed the greenish disconnected the cushion with conscionable 5 colours remaining connected the table. After Holt's archetypal foul, Wells sunk the bluish and acceptable up different snooker down the brown.

Holt's archetypal effort to flight resulted successful him missing and potting the white. Even though helium managed to link connected his adjacent try, Holt recovered himself snookered again, starring by a specified 70-51.

An progressively exasperated Holt needed 4 attempts to yet interruption free, by which clip his pb had dwindled to 70-63. The Hitman past faced different pugnacious concern wherever helium had to deed the greenish disconnected 3 cushions to debar a foul - a feat helium failed to execute adjacent aft six attempts.

On his sixth go, helium fouled retired erstwhile much by hitting the brown, mounting up a changeable for Wells who potted the greenish into the country and took the framework 93-70. Despite his bid of frustrating blunders, Holt rallied to triumph the adjacent framework and yet the match.

Holt's triumph means helium has punched his summons to the main event. He's acceptable to clash with Chris Wakelin connected the Welsh Open's opening time connected Monday night.

Reflecting connected his show successful a video shared connected Instagram, Holt said: "I felt truly bully successful some matches. I didn't play arsenic good arsenic I felt, arsenic daft arsenic that sounds.

"But Daniel wasn't astatine his champion - helium benignant of fto maine disconnected a fewer times. But I'm going to instrumentality it, there's plentifulness of times wherever that doesn't happen."

With the qualifiers wrapped up past week, the Welsh Open 2025 is each acceptable to tally from Monday, February 10 to Sunday, February 16. Holt's contention successful North Wales begins connected February 11, with a hard clash with Wakelin, who is the World No.18.

Wakelin is successful hopeless request of a assurance boost having mislaid his past 5 matches. His astir caller decision came successful the German Snooker Masters wherever helium was beaten 5-2 connected frames by World No.81 Miah Hammad successful the archetypal round.

He was besides defeated successful the archetypal circular of the World Snooker Championship by 2023 world champion Luca Brecel. As good arsenic the disappointing showings astatine the Crucible and Berlin, determination person besides been further losses to Mark Selby, Kyren Wilson and Robert Milkins successful the World Championship League.