Jelle shows ‘klass’ to beat King

YOUNG star Jelle Klaasen showed he is the real deal last night by knocking out top seed Mervyn King to reach the quarter-finals of the Lakeside World Championship in Frimley Green.

The 21-year-old Dutchman made a impression when fighting back from two sets down to win his opening match and looked even better as he completed a 4-2 win against the world number one.

King, twice runner-up in this event, could not live with Klaasen’s heavy scoring and clinical finishing.