“Reigning champion Luca Brecel slumped out of the World Championship at the Crucible on Saturday evening, a shock result that Eurosport expert Alan McManus credits at least in part to the pressure of being champion. Brecel himself, far from refuting this analysis, seemed to agree in his comments to the media on Saturday night. Brecel had collapsed from an imperious position.”
‘Maybe he was burdened by it’ – McManus explains Brecel’s shock exit
