Scotland’s Alan Clyne underlined his potential when he came so close to pulling off a real shock win in the final round of qualifying at the ATCO British Open in Manchester.

The 22 year-old, who is now ranked No.83 in the world, lost in a five game thriller to Germany’s world No.40, Simon Rosner. The match lasted 78 minutes and Rosner eventually won 9-11 11-9 11-9 3-11 11-9.

Earlier in the week, Clyne reached the final of the UK Grand Prix Finals in Jersey, only losing out to world No.21 Daryl Selby in three close games.

Clyne, who will be leading Scotland at the world championships in Denmark later this month, beat English legend Simon parke 11-2 12-10 11-13 11-9 in the semis before going down 9-11 10-12 9-11 to Selby in the final.