Mink won a lot of fans from this competition with her lovely demeanour and pleasant smile and attitude. A pleasure to watch and I hope we see more of her on tv in future .
Pretty sure she was feeling the pressure of the event and playing with players she looks up to a lot including Neil. She made a 24 in the final, 3 reds with blacks, had a tricky-ish 4th red only because she was about 3 inches off the side cushion and just off straight. She just put a little snatch into her final stroke and pulled it to the jaw. Shame, that's when I saw the pressure because as you saw here she's generally smooth with the pause at the end of the last backswing.
In her first appearance in a televised World Snooker Tour event,she demonstrated good thinking ahead in breakbuilding and the composure to sink that pink and black at the end,qualities that should stand her in very good stead in professional snooker. It'd be nice to see her get the hardened top level match experience new players need to thrive. She's qualified for next month's Northern Ireland Open in Belfast.
She looked nervous and missed a couple of easy pots in the final -- I hope with more experience this will be less of a problem; she's a good player, albeit a bit diminutive so she has to use the rest a lot
She was World champion in 2022 and is currently ranked number 1 in the world for women snooker players. She is the only lady to make a 147 which she did in March 2019
This had to be good for the female players to partner top male players. They would have learnt so much which can only help improve their game and hopefully make progress up the rankings. It can't be too long before a female player breaks into the top 50 and begin to make more appearances in the televised rounds of tournaments.
I think if the tour was about having the best 128 players play on there then Mink would probably be the only female player on the tour She looks like she has good quality
Only thing I'd change in world snooker is that you have to have two feet on the ground at all times as I think it wud make the game more competitive as even the best players in the world are not all the best players with the rest 🙄????
