Wednesday 6 April 2016 07:39, UK
Reanne Evans regained the Ladies' World Snooker Championship with a 6-4 win over defending champion Ng On Yee at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.
Evans won 10 successive titles from 2005 to 2014 but lost her crown as the sport's leading lady last year to the 25-year-old from Hong Kong, who knocked her out in the semi-finals.
That victory earned On Yee a chance to qualify for the 2016 full World Championship at the Crucible, and she will take on Peter Lines in her opening match at Ponds Forge in Sheffield later this week.
She appeared to be on her way to a successful defence of the title when taking a 3-1 lead, and she claimed the advantage again when winning the seventh frame.
But Evans dug deep, admitting she had not been at her best, to reel off three straight frames to seal her 11th world title and a probable wild card into the Crucible qualifiers in 2017.
"I'm over the moon and glad to win the title back," said Evans, who was beaten 10-8 by former world champion Ken Doherty in the first round of last year's qualifying tournament.
"There was more pressure on Ng this year as defending champion. I struggled a bit but I stuck in there."
