More Sport Noppon Saengkham (WS-29) today in Cardiff, a 147 maximumbreak leave record at the Welsh open.
The 26-year-old Thai did that in the third round against world number one Mark Selby. In the second games potte he was fifteen times red and black and all colors. A place in the eighth-finals brought him not. With breaks of 107, 54, and 115 won Selby the other frames for a 4-1 victory.
Saengkhams first 147 is the 149e in the snookergeschiedenis, the tenth this season and the second at this tournament. Tuesday brought the Australian Neil Robertson (WS-10) the work of art already in the first round.
Ronnie O’sullivan (WS-3), with fifteen 147’s to his name, record-holder, ran Thursday against a surprising defeat. The tournament winner of 2004, 2005, 2014 and 2016, with 4-2 eliminated by the Swiss Alexander Ursenbacher (WS-71). “The Rocket” followed, as other big names such as world champion Mark Williams (WS-2), Judd Trump (WS-4), Mark Allen (WS-6), Kyren Wilson (WS-7), Barry Hawkins (WS-8), Shaun Murphy (WS-11) and Stephen Maguire (WS-13) to the output.