Rocket tips Filipiak to top

Ronnie O'Sullivan tipped Poland's Kacper Filipiak as a future world champion after the 15-year-old posted World Cup wins against John Higgins and Stephen Maguire.

Filipiak made a break of 69 to beat reigning Crucible king Higgins in the opening frame of the Group D match, and then rolled in 50 to help him overcome Maguire.
O'Sullivan, himself a three-time winner in Sheffield, was watching at home and wrote on Twitter: "Tip for you all, just seen this 15-year-old from Poland, he will be world champion.
"He is playing for Poland in the World Cup now, check him out. Nice player."
Scotland won the best-of-five-frames match 3-2 but Filipiak stood out, and Higgins paid the European Under-21 champion arguably a greater compliment than O'Sullivan offered.
"He looks very serious and probably reminds you of a young Stephen Hendry," said Higgins.
"He's improving and doing so very quickly - he's probably the best player of the tournament so far. He didn't look like missing."
Maguire added: "To see him knock in a break like that in one frame against John says a lot about his character, his bottle and that he's not letting the nerves get to him."
While Scotland struggled, England and Wales both won emphatically.
Mark Selby and Ali Carter combined to held England thrash Brazil's Noel Rodrigues and Fabio Luersen 4-1 in Group C.
The English pair are among the favourites for the title at the PTT-EGAT-sponsored tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.
"It would have been nice to win 5-0 but a win is a win and 4-1 isn't too bad," said Selby.
Wales, represented by Mark Williams and Matthew Stevens, did achieve a whitewash, beating Egypt's Yaser Elsherbiny and Wael Talat 5-0.
"We're the first team to win 5-0 and it gives us a great start to the tournament," said Stevens.
Australia followed up their 4-1 win over hosts Thailand with a 3-2 defeat of Malta in Group B, while India bounced back from their 4-1 defeat to Northern Ireland with a 3-2 triumph over Belgium in Group C, as Bjorn Haneveer let a winning position slip away against Pankav Advani in the deciding frame.
Germany, who lost to Egypt on Monday, defeated Pakistan 3-2 in Group A, while hosts Thailand's first team - they have two entered - crushed United Arab Emirates 4-1, and Hong Kong edged Afghanistan 3-2.