Szubarczyk, 15, Breaks World Championship Record

Polish teen Michal Szubarczyk has go nan youngest subordinate to triumph a World Championship match, defeating erstwhile women's world champion Onyee Ng successful qualifying connected Monday.

Aged 15 years, 2 months and 25 days, he hit Ng 10-7 successful nan first qualifying information successful Sheffield to surpass nan erstwhile grounds group by Wales' Liam Davies (15 years and 277 days) successful 2022.

Szubarczyk became nan youngest ever master snooker subordinate erstwhile he made his debut aged 14 successful June 2025 and is now eyeing Luca Brecel's grounds arsenic nan youngest subordinate to characteristic astatine nan Crucible.

The Belgian was aged 17 years and 45 days erstwhile he reached nan main tie successful 2012.

Szubarczyk will look Sanderson Lam successful nan 2nd of 4 qualifying rounds.

"I consciousness very proud and excited astir nan adjacent matches. Maybe this twelvemonth aliases adjacent twelvemonth I tin go nan youngest Crucible player," Szubarczyk told nan World Snooker Tour's website.

"For me, getting to nan Crucible is nan first extremity of galore others successful master snooker.

"I'm enjoying nan unit and expectation. I person been dreaming astir playing successful nan World Championship for astir nan past six years."

Szubarczyk roseate to prominence successful April 2025 erstwhile he reached nan last of nan open-age arena astatine nan European Championship and won nan World Amateur Championship later that year.