Calabrese is Q Tour Champion in Perth
Vinnie Calabrese defeated Hassan Kerde 5-3 at the Pot Black Snooker Centre in Perth, Australia to win the first WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific title of the 2026/27 season.
The 38-year-old former professional has finished top of the Q Tour Asia-Pacific ranking list for the last three seasons, winning nine previous Q Tour titles, and he continued his dominance in the region with victory in Perth.
Thirty-six players contested the three-day event, which is also known as the West Coast International and was organised by the Australian Billiards & Snooker Council (ABSC) and Asia-Pacific Snooker & Billiards Federation (APSBF).
Calabrese dropped just a single frame in his opening three matches as he downed Jamyang Tshering (4-1), Naqi Alizada (4-0) and Fathey Refai (4-0) to set up a semi-final meeting with compatriot Salman Asif.
Asif has reached the final of the West Coast International in 2025 before losing out 5-0 to Calabrese in the final. There was a similar outcome on this occasion as breaks of 43 and 67 helped for defending champion to a 4-0 win.
Former World Seniors Championship semi-finalist Hassan Kerde was Calabrese’s title match opponent after he last defeated Sufian Ahmed 4-2 to reach his fifth Q Tour final.
Calabrese never trailed in the final, scoring a top break of 82 to move 2-1 ahead. A break of 49 in the sixth frame then put him one away from victory at 4-2.
Kerde managed to briefly reduce the deficit in the next but it wasn’t enough to deny Calabrese, who took the eighth frame by a 80-19 scoreline to win the 10th Q Tour title of his career.
The WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific series continues in Auckland, New Zealand on 9-12 July and entries are open.
