Austrian national champion Florian Nüßle reached the Last 16 at the third Q Tour event of the season, held at the Snookerhallen in Stockholm, Sweden. Nüßle was defeated 4-2 by England’s Steven Hallworth in the Round of 16. Despite the loss, the former amateur world champion (2021) had a personal achievement with a new tournament high break of 142 points, which brought him level at 2-2 in the match. This break gave him something positive to take away from the tournament.
Before his exit, Nüßle secured wins against England’s Mark Vincent (4-0) and Ukraine’s Anton Kazakov (4-2), which earned him a spot in the Last 16. He finished the tournament in ninth place overall.
Chinese player Zhao Xintong won the tournament, defeating ex-professional and Vienna Snooker Open regular Craig Steadman from England 4-3 in a close and thrilling final.
Zhao Xintong also topped the tournament’s break list, achieving the first-ever maximum break (147 points) in Q Tour history. This historic break came during the Last 64 match against Shaun Liu from Hong Kong. Nüßle’s 142-points break was the second-highest of the event.
Florian Nüßle; © WPBSA/Ryan Watterson
In the Q Tour rankings, Nüßle currently sits in 17th place with 800 points. The leader is Andres Petrov from Estonia, the winner of the first event of the season, with 3,300 points.
Before the Q Tour heads to Vienna from December 13 to 15, the tour will return to the British Isles for the fourth event of the season, scheduled to take place at Club 200 in Manchester from November 8 to 10.
Results | Event 3 | Q Tour Season 2024/25
Title photograph: Zhao Xintong, James Chambers (TD); © WPBSA/Ryan Watterson