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World Mixed Doubles is 'giant leap' for women’s snooker – and can inspire girls to pick up a cue

This week’s World Mixed Doubles is the biggest showcase women’s snooker has ever had. The game’s leading four female players have been paired with the world’s top four ranked professionals for the two-day event in Milton Keynes, which starts on Saturday. Ad This is an opportunity to show a different side of snooker at a time when women’s sport has arguably never been more popular.

Indeed, the MK Dons stadium which forms part of the Marshall Arena complex hosted several games in the recent European Championship won so memorably by the Lionesses of England. British OpenWhen is the British Open? How to watch, full draw, when is O’Sullivan playing?5 HOURS AGO Well used to big tournaments, it’s one small step for the men. But it’s a giant leap for women’s snooker as Reanne Evans, Ng On Yee, Mink Nutcharut and Rebecca Kenna enjoy equal billing with Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson and Mark Selby, who between them have won 105 ranking titles.

Evans is the most successful female player in history. She won her first world title at the age of 19 in 2005, the start of a remarkable run of 10 consecutive victories in the tournament. Evans has since won two more world titles and 59 ranking events in total.

In the 2013 Wuxi Classic, she became the first woman to qualify for the final stages of a ranking event on the pro tour. She beat Robin Hull in the 2017 World Championship qualifiers, ran Shaun Murphy to a decider in the 2019 Champion of Champions and came close to beating Mark Allen, her former partner, in a somewhat rancorous match at last season’s British Open. World Mixed Doubles: How the event works as O’Sullivan teams up with Evans What can we expect as World Doubles returns to snooker calendar? At the mixed

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