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had a really good summers training and am rearing to go for the new season!

season kicked off in london this week for the world open qualifying with the prize being a place in the main draw alongsid the best players in the world in the richest tournament to date.

i played adil maqbool from pakistan, ranked65. winning the 1st in tiebreakwhich proved crucial as an energy drop in the second levelled the match 1 all. took the 3rd 11-9 and the 4th 11-8 to claim me place in the main draw.

next up is wolverhampton!

last week i played 2 events. the first was the leinster open. here i lost in the last 16 to scott handly. not a day to remember and unfortuneatly playing infront of a home crowd couldnt help me turn a poor performance into a result!

next i played the irish Grand Prix tour event 1. bounced back well from the previous event by winning it. semi made up for poor performance in leinster..

the world open starts on the weekend so looking forward to that and feeling optimistic i can go well there!