Ones to watch

Report on upcoming players. First report on Florian - more at the bottom of the page

https://wst.tv/ones-to-watch-florian-nuessle/

Thanks for sharing, I watched the clips at the end, looks like Florian and Sean Maddocks stand the best chance (solely based on these few minutes clips)

rekoons wrote:Thanks for sharing, I watched the clips at the end, looks like Florian and Sean Maddocks stand the best chance (solely based on these few minutes clips)

Keep an eye out for little Ben Mertens

He ain’t little no more, check out the clip via your link, looks like he’s gonna be a tall dude :)

Another one here.

https://wst.tv/ones-to-watch-bulcsu-revesz/

Great to see all these youngsters and their individual techniques.
That Bulcsu kid really impresses me

There are a number of top sportspeople in Belgium with the surname Mertens. I wonder if Ben is related to any of them. Sporting excellence runs in families sometimes.

Elise Mertens is a top 20 ranked tennis player. There is also a male tennis player in the top 200, Yannick Mertens.

Dries Mertens is a professional footballer at Napoli and has won 90 caps for the belgian national team.

SnookerEd25 wrote:Elise Mertens is Dutch. (according to Wikipedia).

Last time I checked she was Belgian...

SnookerEd25 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:
I'm blind. They let me drive like that now.

Surely your posts would be in braille then?

Something doesn't add up. Your story is full of holes

Full of bumps, I’d have thought.

It's very welcome that the WST has decided to do these articles on 'Ones to Watch'. They haven't been so supportive of young players until this, nor have other journalists. For example, in the end of year round-ups, nobody mentioned Yan Bingtao, the only teenager to win a tournament in the 2010's.

Generally, media acknowledge only the popular players: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, a few others just to suck up as many 'likes' as possible.

Finally some Chinese youngsters on the 'Ones to Watch' series, although only fairly sketchy information and no direct interview.

Gao Yang is an 'unnatural' left-hander with immense talent but erratic temperament - almost exactly like Zhao Xintong only 8 years younger... He would be the youngest professional since 2013, although his official debut is likely to be delayed.

Wu Yize is a tall, thin potter from Gansu. He also has incredible talent but has mixed results, perhaps because he grew in height incredibly quickly. During the lockdown (in China), he posted a video making a 147 in 4min 33sec. He's just the sort of upstart who could beat Ronnie's record.

lhpirnie wrote:Finally some Chinese youngsters on the 'Ones to Watch' series, although only fairly sketchy information and no direct interview.

Gao Yang is an 'unnatural' left-hander with immense talent but erratic temperament - almost exactly like Zhao Xintong only 8 years younger... He would be the youngest professional since 2013, although his official debut is likely to be delayed.

Wu Yize is a tall, thin potter from Gansu. He also has incredible talent but has mixed results, perhaps because he grew in height incredibly quickly. During the lockdown (in China), he posted a video making a 147 in 4min 33sec. He's just the sort of upstart who could beat Ronnie's record.

According to Dennis Taylor the 5mins20sec record will never be beaten.

Personally i believe most sporting records will be surpassed at some point.