Mink Nutcharut, women's world snooker champion, beats Mitchell Mann to qualify for Northern Ireland Open with first win

ByEurosport

Updated 24/08/2022 at 09:27 GMT

Women's world champion Mink Nutcharut completed the first win of her professsional career as a 4-2 victory over world No. 71 Mitchell Mann saw her reach the last 64 of the Northern Ireland Open. There was also a 4-2 triumph for Stephen Maguire as the former UK champion defeated world No. 102 Oliver Brown in Wigan. Stream top snooker action live and on-demand on discovery+

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Women's world champion Mink Nutcharut completed a 4-2 qualifying win over Mitchell Mann to reach the last 64 of the Northern Ireland Open on Tuesday.

Nutcharut finished with a run of 47 to seal the win in Wigan after world No. 71 Mann had made breaks of 54 and 50 to close to 3-2 behind at the Robin Park Leisure Centre.

The 22-year-old Thai woman's reward for her first professional triumph is a match with Ricky Walden or Xiao Guodong at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast with the tournament running between 16-23 October live on Eurosport.

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Nutcharut's victory comes less than a fortnight after three-time women's world champion Ng On Yee completed a 4-3 win over 1997 world champion Ken Doherty in qualifying for the British Open.

There was no repeat of On Yee's qualifying heroics this time as the Hong Kong player went out in qualifying after losing 4-1 to Chen Zifan, who contributed 83 and 74 in reaching the second round.

Both Nutcharut and On Yee will compete at the inaugural World Mixed Doubles tournament in Milton Keynes next month.

Judd Trump will form a team with On Yee while Nutcharut and Neil Robertson combine against Ronnie O'Sullivan/Reanne Evans and Mark Selby/Rebecca Kenna for the trophy.

Former UK champion Stephen Maguire lost the first two frames to Oliver Brown in his Northern Ireland qualifier before finding some prime form to reel off four straight frames with breaks of 80, 96 and 138 enough to seal a spot in Belfast.

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He will meet Zak Surety, who hit two 60-plus breaks in a 4-1 win over Himanshu Dinesh Jain.

Jimmy Robertson won a black-ball decider against former Crucible semi-finalist Gary Wilson by a point in the final frame to secure his spot in Belfast with a 4-3 victory.