STUART BINGHAM says he has flown out to China early to readjust to the conditions ahead of next week’s International Championship.
Ballrun will face fellow Englishman and world No 63 Robbie Williams in Daqing at the ranking event which will see the champion take home the £150,000 top prize.
Bingham said: “I think I played Robbie at this tournament before and he is starting to show what a good player he is at the moment.
STUART BINGHAM is looking forward to facing his practice partner and friend Sean O’Sullivan in a qualifier tomorrow – and admits the young Londoner is an emerging talent.
World No 9 Bingham takes on the 23-year-old from Whitechapel on Tuesday (Sep 26) in Preston as he bids to secure a spot at November’s International Championship in China.
O’Sullivan (pictured), nicknamed The Storm, is in his fourth season on snooker’s top Tour and Ballrun knows he is not to be taken lightly.
He said: “I’m good friends with Sean, he has the support of a nice family and I regularly practice with him.
“He is improving all the time, he has a good cue action and a great long game that creates chances for him.
“He perhaps needs to work on his break-building a bit but he is a dangerous opponent for sure in a best-of-11 so I’ll have to be at my best.”