Luca Brecel vs Ricky Walden Prediction: An entertaining day one contest

The World Snooker Championship is the premier professional snooker tournament. In 2022, the entire prize pool will be £2,395,000, with the winner receiving £500,000. The Snooker's Triple Crown Series began in 1927 with this tournament and now also includes the UK Championship and the invitation-only Masters.

As he begins his quest for the world championship, Luca Brecel will be hoping for a victory in this event. Prior to participating in this competition, the Belgian had not been enjoying continuous success in terms of winning matches. Most recently, he had been defeated by Joe O'Connor and Haydon Pinhey in matches with respective final scores of 6-5 and 2-4. After a careful examination of his previous contests, we can find that he has won just three of his most recent six. We feel that the Belgian will approach this match with a great deal of caution and commitment due to the significance of the game.

After having fantastic performances in the qualification matches for this event against Ian Burns and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, where he picked up hard-fought victories, Ricky Walden will feel satisfied and hope for a win in this encounter. Nevertheless, there is more to give in this match, and we anticipate nothing but quality from the Englishman, who has done well to defeat Luca Brecel in four of their most recent matches that date back to 2018. Ricky Walden entered this tournament having won four of his previous five matches across all competitions, giving him a perfect record heading into this one.

We anticipate excellent performances from both of these guys, and we anticipate that this match will be a very fascinating one. Despite the fact that Luca Brecel's victory over Ricky Walden was a shaky one, we are going to put our faith in him here. Even though we feel that this match will be decided in the final seconds, we anticipate that it will be a very close contest, and therefore the over is a good option to choose.