REBECCA Granger has now reached the Eden Ladies' World Snooker Championship semi-finals for the past two seasons.

However, the 28-year-old from Keighley confessed that she isn't yet ready to be world champion.

Battling jet lag and disrupted sleep during the tournament in Singapore, which finished last Sunday, she said: "I am glad in a way that I didn't get through to the final as I don't think I would have performed very well due to exhaustion.

"I played well overall but I need to work on my endurance for long, drawn-out matches."

The world No 12, who was boosted by being seeded eighth, breezed through her group matches, only dropping a frame in defeating Neeta Kothari (India) 5-0, Jessica Tan Hui Ming (Singapore) 4-1 and Chu Piu Ying (Hong Kong) 5-0.

Granger said: "I found out about being in the top eight about a week before the tournament started, which was a big benefit as it helped me avoid some of the bigger players.

"Then it was a matter of dropping as few frames as possible in the group in order to get a better draw in the last 16.

"Reanne Evans didn't drop a frame, but Katrina Wan and I dropped only one, so it was important to get in that top two or three and be on the opposite end of the draw to players such as Reanne and Ng On Yee."

Only arriving shortly before the tournament started on Monday of last week didn't do her any favours however, and the jet lag and interrupted sleep really kicked in before her last-16 match against Hoe Shuh Wah (Singapore).

Granger said of her 4-2 victory: "I struggled in that match as I had hardly slept at all beforehand because of the time difference.

"We had a day to get over the jet lag initially but I played well in the quarter-finals, defeating Varshaa Sanjeev (India) 4-1, who is a good player and had won the world under-21 title the previous year.

"However, I got an early night before my semi-final against India's Vidya Pillai, but then woke up after three hours and couldn't get back to sleep.

"She is quite a slow player, which is the opposite of me."

The former Keighley Ladies footballer lost her semi-final 5-1, winning £1,100, but On Yee defeated 11-times world champion Evans 5-4 in the other half of the draw.

On Yee then pipped Pillai 6-5 in a gripping nine-hour final that finished at 1.30am local time and was decided on the pink to win the £5,000 first prize and repeat her triumph of 2015.

The 26-year-old from Hong Kong had come from over 60 points behind to win the final frame against Evans on the pink and set up the first all-Asian world women's final.

Granger said: "The tournament was an amazing experience, there were players from a lot of different countries and it created a lot of interest due to live streaming on Sport Singapore YouTube.

"The semi-finals and finals were played on the same day and my semi-final started at 10am.

"After my match, I had a bite to eat and went back to my hotel to watch the final on TV but I just couldn't keep my eyes open and missed the last few balls!

"But the organisers looked after us really well, there was a nice opening ceremony with free drinks and nibbles, and there were referees and scorers for our matches.

"An official announcement hasn't been made about next year's venue but there is talk of it being held in Hong Kong.

"I have found out what my new world ranking will be, and I am quite happy about it, but I am not allowed to publicise it yet.

"It should be official by the weekend though."

Granger did, however, admit that she felt comfortable in the higher echelons of the sport alongside such players as Evans, On Yee, Pillai and Maria Catalano, saying: "There were no nerves this time."

Granger's next world ranking tournament is the Litetask World Festival of Ladies' Snooker at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds – venue for last year's World Championships – on April 7-10.

She said: "There is a ladies' senior event, a ten Reds event, a ladies' doubles, where I am partnering Shannon Metcalf, and a mixed doubles, but I haven't got a mixed doubles partner yet."