Hong Kong’s snooker queen Ng On-yee wins British Open for first time

Hong Kong’s snooker queen Ng On-yee has defeated Mink Nutcharut 4-1 to win the Landywood British Open for the first time in her career.

The 33-year-old came out on top following a day which also included impressive victories against former world champions Baipat Siripaporn and Reanne Evans, as well as three-time UK Championship winner Tessa Davidson en route to the title.

The success represents a third ranking title of the season for Ng – during which she has earned more ranking points than any other player – and a landmark 20th of her career, becoming only the sixth player to reach that milestone.

It would be the fourth time in eight ranking events this season that would see the top two ranked players contest the final, with Thailand’s Nutcharut having triumphed at the US Open and Belgian Open tournaments, before Ng won in Albania.

Nutcharut herself had survived a number of tough matches earlier in the day, first coming back from 0-2 down to Ng’s Hong Kong fellow Cheung Yee-ting, before winning a high-quality semi-final 4-2 against England’s Rebecca Kenna.

There she would await Ng, who notably overcame 2023 world champion in the last 16, before defeating Tessa Davidson and most notably six-time British Open champion Reanne Evans 4-2 in a closely contested semi-final.

With the opening two frames of the title match shared, it was Ng who would claim the next three frames to run out a comfortable winner and complete a hat-trick of title successes, having failed to capture silverware during the previous campaign.

(WPBSA)