“STUART BINGHAM shed a “little tear there at the table” as he reached a first snooker ranking final for six years. Ball Run, 48, has been suffering with the yips in recent months and has turned to the same hypnotherapist used by reigning world champion Kyren Wilson. 1 Stuart Bingham has made the final of”, — write: www.thesun.co.uk
Ball Run, 48, has been suffering with the yips in recent months and has turned to the same hypnotherapist used by reigning world champion Kyren Wilson.
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Stuart Bingham has made the final of the World Grand PrxCredit: GettyIn spite of his ongoing mental issues, he has had a fantastic time this week at the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong.
His tournament opened with a 4-2 win over Mark Williams and then he knocked out China’s Wu Yize 4-2 from the second round.
In the quarter-finals he eliminated Mark Selby, coming from behind to win 5-4, and then today, he shocked the world No.1 Judd Trump 6-3.
It is no wonder that he started crying as he booked a final showdown with Neil Robertson tomorrow with £180,000 on the line for the winner, the person who first gets to ten frames.
Bingham, the 2015 world champion said: “I had a little tear there at the table, because it has been a long time. It has been hard.
“Without a doubt, I’ve wondered if I ever would get back in a ranking final.
“The last few years haven’t been good on my part. I’ve been searching and trying things.
“This week it has clicked for me. I’ve got through matches without feeling the best, but now I’m in the final.”
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Bingham has won six ranking titles – one of them being the Crucible crown – but the last one came at the 2019 Gibraltar Open.
His wife did not see his outstanding comeback win against Selby late on Friday night because she thought he had lost.
The Essex potter fell 4-2 down in frames and if that had been a best-of-seven frames clash then he would have been out.
But it was actually the best of nine frames, and his family did not immediately realise he had progressed to the last four.
Bingham, the world No.23, said: “I’ve got a great story. I rang my wife and she asked what happened.
“I said that I won. Because the first two games were best of sevens, she switched it off at 4-2.
“When she found out she was amazed. I rang her today and reminded her it was first to six!
“That was my final, to get into the Players Championship. I can relax tomorrow and it is a nice payday.
“I’ll be trying as hard as I can to get my hands on that trophy though.”