Andrew Gilding has revealed he ‘felt awful’ going into his European Championship win over Luke Littler and is battling a crisis of self-confidence.
“I didn’t expect this, watching how Luke had played lately,” admitted ‘Goldfinger’. “I am always short on self-belief. I never expect to win a game. Especially against Luke and especially as I had an awful cold as well. I am on the tail end of that.
“I felt awful coming up to this. I did say beforehand I wanted to cross him off the list. It was the third time I’d played him. So it’s third time lucky. It’s a huge win. The last thing I had expected. Nobody expected this.
“I was thinking about the flights home on Saturday. The way he had played lately was exceptional. I was resigned to losing. In practice, I was awful until the last hour but it came together.”
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