Vinnie Calabrese defeated Adrian Law 3-0 in the Q Tour Asia-Pacific final in Calamvale, Australia.
The victory secured the Q Tour titles for Calabrese, who also won the second event in October and confirmed his qualification for the Global Finals, which will be played in Bosnia and Herzegovina in March.
The Dr Clem Jones AO Queensland Open saw 71 players from Australia, New Zealand and China compete for the title at the Matchroom Snooker Centre.
Calabrese was seeded in the last 32 and started his campaign with a 3-0 win over Ian Lee thanks to three half-centuries, followed by a 4-2 win over Deepakh Bala to book his place. in the quarterfinals. There, the former main tour pro turned in his most impressive performance of the event, winning 4-1 over Shaun Dalitz in 134 and 100 breaks.
Victory over Paul Norris in the semi-final near the same point saw the latter clash with Adrian Law, who beat Shaun Wang, Peter Kitchener, David Wright and Xavier Daw to reach the first Q Tour final of the series.
Calabrese was undoubtedly the favorite in the title match, but Law jumped out to a 3-0 lead, limiting his opponent to just 58 points over the first three frames of the contest.
The two winners of the event fought back but took the next three frames to level the match before advancing for the first time with a seventh win.
A break of 50 in the eighth frame was enough to secure back-to-back titles for Calabrese, who finishes as the top player in the Q Tour Asia-Pacific series, qualifying alongside Event 1 winner and runner-up Rob Redgrove. March Global Play-Off with three World Snooker Tour cards available.
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