Welsh 15-year-old becomes youngest ever competitor to win World Snooker Championships match

A 15-year-old from Wales has made history this week as he became the youngest ever competitor to win a World Snooker Championships match at qualifiers in Sheffield.

Liam Davies, from Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent, has so far defeated both Aaron Hill and Fergal O'Brien in the series of professional matches, where he aims to qualify for the illustrious Snooker World Championships for 2022. Despite already having the amazing achievement under his belt, however, Liam says there is still a long way for him to go.

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Liam, who is currently home-schooled by his parents in Tredegar in order to maintain his gruelling training regime of up to seven hours each day, says although the achievement of becoming the youngest person ever to win a professional qualifying match feels quite special, he is hoping he can make everyone in his hometown even more proud by making it all the way to the championships themselves.

He said: "So far I've won two of my four qualifying matches to get to the Snooker World Championships and it just feels absolutely amazing. The pressure of competing at such a high level is just unbelievable, and honestly during the first moments of my last match my hands were shaking and my heart was beating out of my chest. It's a great feeling though, and something I know I want to make a career out of so it's a good first step. I still have a long way to go, and while in the short-term my goal is just to become a professional snooker player, my overall goal is to be a world champion and get to the point where I'm ranked number one in the world.

"It's what I love to do, and something I have been obsessed with since I first started playing at six