Stan Moody reached the quarter-finals of a rating occasion for the primary time with a surprising 5-0 victory over Barry Hawkins within the Wuhan Open on Wednesday.
The 18 year-old, who many regard as one of many brightest up-and-coming abilities within the sport at current, emerged triumphantly after simply 57 minutes of play.
Not solely did Moody beat a longtime high 16 member and a number of rating occasion winner, he did so in type with a formidable run of 431 unanswered factors.
It’s one other signal that {the teenager} is on an upward trajectory that would finally see him be part of the best echelons within the not-too-distant future.
“It’s one of the best win of my profession, I’d say,” world quantity 61 Stan Moody informed the World Snooker Tour after his great show.
“I performed very, very nicely. I used to be simply within the zone. I don’t know what occurred to be sincere, I simply potted every thing so hopefully it’s the identical within the subsequent sport.”
“I believed I’d have a run like this final season, but it surely simply didn’t occur. I wasn’t skilled sufficient.
“However this season, I’m extra relaxed. I’m having fun with enjoying, competing, and I like the strain now. I’m simply comfortable.
“I feel at the moment was a little bit of a freak efficiency, although. On one other day, I don’t get the fluke in one of many frames and I wouldn’t play as nicely.
“He may need out-experienced me, however at the moment that didn’t occur. I simply didn’t give him an opportunity, and that’s the way it goes typically.”
Moody, who already beat Ding Junhui within the final 64, first turned skilled in 2023 on the again of his success on the WSF Junior Open of the identical yr.
There was loads of expectation surrounding his rise onto the principle tour, and his progress up till now has been regular however not spectacular.
That would all be set to alter within the coming days as he finds himself concerned on the enterprise finish of knowledgeable competitors for the primary time.
Moody’s unanswered haul of factors to conclude the one-sided contest included breaks of 108, 87, and 54.
“I wasn’t enthusiastic about that in any respect, I knew I needed to pot a lot of the balls. I simply wished to recover from the road to be sincere.”
“The purple that I missed within the center, I used to be disillusioned as a result of I believed he was going to clear up for 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 – you begin considering like that.
“However fortunately he missed the purple, and I received over the road.
“I put myself below a little bit of strain at the moment to try to go one additional [than the last 16], as a result of I feel I’ve let it get to me earlier than.
“Fortunately I received via, and hopefully I can go deeper. Once you’re on the market, you’re determined to win it doesn’t matter what match it’s.
“Whether or not you get to a last, a semi, or no matter. But when I play like that, I’ll be laborious to cease.”
It doesn’t get any simpler for Moody with reigning Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong subsequent up within the quarter-finals.
Final yr’s winner, who compiled a 147 in the beginning of the week, had an excessive amount of for Matthew Selt and ran out a snug 5-2 winner.
Mark Williams and Zhang Anda additionally progressed to the final eight however with harder-fought wins, overcoming Mark Selby and Aaron Hill respectively.
The spherical of 16 concludes in a while Wednesday with the remaining 4 matches to be performed.
World primary Judd Trump – the 2023 Wuhan Open champion – faces Gary Wilson whereas John Higgins is in motion towards Tom Ford.
Championship League Snooker winner Stephen Maguire challenges final yr’s runner-up Si Jiahui with Mark Allen entertaining Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
2025 Wuhan Open draw
Spherical of 16 (bo9)
Outcomes
Xiao Guodong 5-2 Matthew Selt
Barry Hawkins 0-5 Stan Moody
Mark Williams 5-3 Mark Selby
Zhang Anda 5-4 Aaron Hill
Wednesday, 12:30pm UTC+1 (BST)
Judd Trump vs Gary Wilson
Tom Ford vs John Higgins
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Mark Allen
Si Jiahui vs Stephen Maguire
Click on right here to view the total up to date draw (snooker.org)
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