Thai teenager Panchaya Channoi claims the Women's World Snooker Championship title after a 6-2 victory over Reanne Evans in the final.
Reanne Evans won the Women's World Snooker Championship for 10 years in a row from 2005Thai teenager Panchaya Channoi claimed the Women's World Snooker Championship title after a 6-2 victory over Reanne Evans in the final.
Evans was bidding to win the tournament for a record-extending 13th time but the Englishwoman, 40, was comfortably second best against Channoi in Dongguan, China. A century break from Channoi in the first frame set the tone for the 18-year-old who subsequently remained in control at 3-1. Evans, widely regarded as the most successful player in the history of women's snooker, pulled a frame back but Channoi's break of 107 in the sixth frame put her 4-2 up.
Channoi then took the seventh frame before a break of 59 in the eighth helped her secure the Mandy Fisher Trophy. The Thai player also became the second player to win both the world and Under-21 title double following China's Bai Yulu in 2024. Channoi is the third Thai winner of the event, following in the footsteps of Mink Nutcharut and Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan.
Evans was playing in her first World Snooker Championship final since 2019 and was beaten in the tournament decider for the first time in her career. New women's world snooker champion Panchaya Channoi is ranked at number 15 in the world
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