Fourteen-year-old Michal Szubarczyk was denied a place in snooker history as he was narrowly defeated in the first round of World Championship qualifying at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
The Polish teenager was looking to break Ronnie O’Sullivan’s long-standing record by becoming the youngest player to qualify for the World Championship at the Crucible.
He lost 10-8 to Scotland’s Dean Young, who will face Stan Moody in the second round.
Young stormed into a 4-0 lead, before Szubarczyk found his rhythm and won three of the next five frames to trail 6-3 at the interval.
Szubarczyk won five of the following eight frames but could not overturn the deficit against the 23-year-old.
