{"id":16820,"date":"2026-07-09T15:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=16820"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:20:03","slug":"luca-brecel-speaks-out-on-strange-health-phenomenon-that-harmed-his-snooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=16820","title":{"rendered":"Luca Brecel speaks out on &#8216;strange health phenomenon&#8217; that harmed his snooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2236269411.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29097702\" alt=\"2025 BetVictor English Open - Day 9\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Luca Brecel appears to have overcome a mystery health problem (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Luca Brecel is feeling good at the table again after a \u2018strange phenomenon\u2019 hampered him for much of last season and is still unexplained.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 world champion has struggled for results since conquering the Crucible, initially as he found life as a world champion too distracting, but since it has been health problems hampering him.<\/p>\n<p>For much of last season the Belgian Bullet was feeling heavily fatigued and saw doctors on a regular basis, but none came up with a reason for it or a cure.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old has started feeling better, with the fatigue easing, but has largely just been forced to accept that nothing could be done about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It looks all good. I guess it\u2019s all good. I mean, if the doctor says so, maybe you have to trust them,\u2019 Brecel told <strong>Metro.<\/strong> \u2018I\u2019m able to play, I\u2019m able to enjoy it, so that\u2019s the most important thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"metro-answers\">\n<h3>Ask Metro<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<gist-search-widget api-key=\"pk_6d941997f7a2d2913efb8d4bc68a8ba02018ca9624102ad69508a25e6f55a0aa\" user-id=\"metro.co.uk\" target-url=\"\/answers\/\" ref-name=\"metro.co.uk\" theme=\"light\" default-placeholder=\"Ask Metro anything...\" id=\"metro-uk-widget-1\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/gist-search-widget><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-disclaimer\"><em>Use AI to go deeper into the stories you care about \u2013 powered by Metro and trusted publications.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018I never really found out what it was. I\u2019ve always felt great in my life, then all of a sudden something changed without something happening. So it was a strange phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was fatigue but not in a way like you go to sleep and then you feel better.<br \/>Sleeping didn\u2019t help, so it was a frustrating thing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2236269402.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29097716\" alt=\"2025 BetVictor English Open - Day 9\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Brecel is working to return to title-winning form (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t have a stressful life, sometimes they say to people, \u201coh, maybe it\u2019s stress or burnout,\u201d but my whole life is just doing things I like, so it\u2019s not that stressful. So, yeah, tough, but I feel much better now, so that\u2019s great.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Brecel withdrew from a number of events while he was dealing with the mystery problem and is still trying to get his game back to the level that saw him win the World Championship and there other ranking titles.<\/p>\n<p>There is no shortage of desire to do so, as he showed by competing at the Championship League on Wednesday, topping his group with three wins from three matches.<\/p>\n<p>Although that came after disappointment in early season qualifiers which saw him lose to Steven Hallworth in the Wuhan Open and suffer a whitewash defeat to Stuart Bingham in the China Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m really motivated,\u2019 he said. \u2018I\u2019m going to try to do the best I can, try to win tournaments and be in the top 16 again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m very focused and very confident in practise as well, but obviously not yet the results going my way, but that\u2019s the next step because you need those wins to get confident on the match table as well. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018The hunger is there, the talent is there, the experience is there. I\u2019ve got all the tools in the box, but it\u2019s just about time I guess.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We see it with Jack Lisowski, he\u2019s so good, and it still took him such a long time to win. Obviously I\u2019ve won early in my career already, but it\u2019s not that easy all the time, but I think if you keep going, then eventually it\u2019s going to pay off<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m still very young, so that means if I put in all the right things now, then I\u2019ve still got a long career, and that\u2019s what I want.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-1485442827.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29098300\" alt=\"Cazoo World Snooker Championship 2023 - Day Twelve\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan was blown away by Brecel\u2019s Crucible performance in 2023 (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brecel\u2019s 2023 triumph was one of the most stunning World Championship wins ever, beating the likes of Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan and Mark Williams, producing the biggest comeback in Crucible history against Si Jiahui in the semis and then downing Mark Selby in the final.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his confident style of play and demeanour at the table, Brecel did not enjoy the attention that came with scaling snooker\u2019s highest peak.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After the Worlds, maybe too much distraction, too much attention,\u2019 he said.<br \/>\u2018Not my lifestyle, just getting recognised on the street everywhere you go. Lots of things to deal with off the table, and that wasn\u2019t always easy for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was never pressure, to be honest. If it was, I would admit it,<br \/>but it\u2019s just being distracted, not focused because everything is just different than the whole career before.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-1486908616.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29097721\" alt=\"Cazoo World Snooker Championship 2023 - Day Seventeen\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Brecel landed the \u00a3500,000 top prize in Sheffield three years ago (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brecel \u2013 who is expecting his first child in December \u2013 is keen to point out it wasn\u2019t a wild lifestyle that cost him his focus, after he developed something of a rock n roll reputation during his World Championship win, which he admits he brought on himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yeah, maybe I shouldn\u2019t have said in the interview that I was drunk after a game, because that was the only time I was drunk, maybe in the last five years!\u2019 Brecel said. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Obviously when you say that on the BBC, maybe it\u2019s normal that people try to make an image out of it, but it\u2019s not like that. If it was like that, that would be fine as well, you know? But it\u2019s not like that, and I think it\u2019s good for people to know.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A very relaxed and seemingly nonchalant character, but Brecel does not hide how much that World Championship win meant to him and how badly he wants another one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I still think about it,\u2019 he said. \u2018It\u2019s always going to be special and my dream now is to do it again. It will never be in the same way, but to win it again is my main goal now.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-1252500963.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29098326\" alt=\"SNOOKER-WORLD\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>It was an emotional victory for Brecel over Mark Selby in Sheffield (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018To win it twice, especially as a guy from Belgium, very young. To win it twice at age, I don\u2019t know, 35, maybe, who knows, that would be quite special.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Bullet only turned 31 in March, which is very young in this era of snooker, so he knows time is firmly on his side as he looks to repeat his crowning moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sometimes when I look at other players, like Kyren [Wilson] or Judd [Trump] or Jack [Lisowski], I always think they\u2019re my age, but actually they\u2019re a bit older than me, like four or five years older than me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m younger than them, never mind [Neil] Robertson or [Ronnie] O\u2019Sullivan and [John] Higgins. But you have to take your chances at the right time.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Talking Snooker Episode 258 - Phil O&amp;apos;Kane special + Latest News\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2nz73BkTB4ZLdreLqXxA25?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One thing that surprised snooker players and fans after Brecel\u2019s world title win was that no professional tournament emerged in Belgium as the sport seemed to fail to capitalise on his success.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian Bullet, though, was not bothered.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t know, I think everyone knows I don\u2019t really care,\u2019 he said. \u2018Other players have come up to me, like, \u201coh, how is it possible that there wasn\u2019t a ranking tournament in Belgium?\u201d I couldn\u2019t care less, to be honest. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I just play the tournaments that are on the calendar, and I enjoy them, so it doesn\u2019t matter where it is. Well, maybe try one in the US, though, because I love it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Brecel spent time as world champion playing exhibitions in America, but while he loved doing it, he\u2019s not so sure the fanbase is there yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Not really,\u2019 he said on appetite for snooker stateside. \u2018I played an exhibition there and there was about 25 people. I played one of them and he didn\u2019t even know the rules, so that tells a story.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Brecel will be back in action at the Championship League on Friday in his second stage group with Hossein Vafaei, Pang Junxu and Ian Burns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: John Higgins says Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan uses \u2018brutal\u2019 tactic to \u2018put everybody off\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan backing new format because snooker is \u2018too hard\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Ross Muir using tragedy as driving force after turbulent snooker career so far<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--snooker\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>The Table<\/h4>\n<p>Stay ahead of snooker&#8217;s next big break with Metro&#8217;s resident expert Phil Haigh in his new weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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