“HE IS STRUGGLING” – Jimmy White discusses Luca Brecel’s recent poor form after 2024 Masters exit 🙁

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We don’t know whether he’s been practicing or not he should be practicing it’s the Masters um for me I think he would want to try and find some of that form back and I think you can only get that on the practice table but there he looked all out of sorts you

Know the first few shots in the first couple of games you know the pink in the middle you know these shots are sort of bread and butter shots for these top Pros they shouldn’t be missing them and uh he just has to now go back refocus

And probably get ready for the last few tournaments and get ready to try and play well in the world championships which I sure he will do but at the moment he is struggling he is struggling we saw you struggling actually interviewed with Rachel ahead of that match he looked a little bit uncertain

There in the match we saw confirmation of that let’s find out what he said afterwards Luca you didn’t have high expectations coming into your match against Jack but you just didn’t look comfortable out there no I didn’t feel good at all I mean yeah terrible game and um you said your mindset it’s

Really good but how do we get that confidence back for you you um yeah I mean after the the breaks I made to win the two frames I felt good actually but then I missed a stupid red on 72 again and yeah I just need something like a

Little Maxi break or something like that it’s something just to kick Kickstart you isn’t it yeah it will come it’s okay I’ve been there many times everyone’s been there I mean even Neil Robertson is struggling he’s one of the best players ever to play the game if he’s struggling

Then anyone can struggle you know but yeah I’ll be back and um I don’t know when though well listen um it’s a case of just getting that confidence back I really feel that for you um as as world champion and remember what step Henry said to you yeah didn’t work though no

But you know you you’ve been the best in the world and you can do it yeah I mean the things I can do on the practice table nobody can but just on the match table you need to do it you know and I’m always relaxed I feel no pressure at all

Maybe that’s the problem maybe I need maybe I need something like yeah I don’t know is there something missing in in your preparation do you feel yeah too much practice really yeah thank you for your time um not to be today but we we hope we see see you back strong very soon

Yeah hopefully I’ll try my best again and go back to the practice table work a bit in Belgium and uh yeah hopefully I’ll be back soon thank you cheers I’ve said it once before I’ll say it again we love Luca because he is H missed well it’s Jack lazari goes

Through to his second Masters quarterfinal where he will be facing the winner of tonight’s match between Mark Williams and Ali Carter um and if we just respond initially to that interview Jimmy he said something that was fairly bold about he’s he apparently is practicing well which is slightly

Surprising yeah I I when he spoke to Rachel before the match he turned man and said that I’ve got no confidence uh you know uh when I’m in I’m playing I’m I’m not feeling any confidence and then he T City he had a good mindset so it

Was sort of one or the other I can’t understand it but he’s such a great player LC of he’s champion of the world he’s got all the shots he’s got everything but you know for me if I’m honest if you don’t play and then turn up at these tournaments you’re going to

Have performances like that you’ve got to treat it like a job okay went and won the World Championships without playing won it on Instinct natural talent but you know that was uh you know an incredible event where you can’t keep doing that put it that way