While Mark Selby was on the way to his first world title earlier this week, over in Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, there was also a landmark success for Malaysia’s Rory Thor Chuan Leong, who claimed victory at the 2014 Asian Championship.
Defeating Taiwan’s Hung Chung Ming 7-3, the 25-year-old will now be nominated for one of the 132 places on next season’s main tour, as detailed within my ‘making 132’ article here.