Thepchaiya Un-Nooh compiled his second 147 break in as many occasions as he reached the final 32 of the Wuhan Open on Monday.
The favored participant from Thailand produced his sixth profession most break within the final body of his 5-1 defeat of Pang Junxu in China.
It takes the overall variety of 147 breaks constructed this season to seven already, with the one marketing campaign file of 15 positively below the risk.
Un-Nooh has accounted for 2 of these together with his earlier knock coming on the current Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters in Jeddah.
The previous Shoot Out champion stands to take house a share of the £5,000 excessive break prize on the Wuhan Open.
Nevertheless, he joked afterwards that it was a pity how he didn’t make his second 147 break of the season at a Triple Crown occasion.
Compiling two maximums on the main tournaments this season generates a jackpot bonus of £147,000 – a cheque Ronnie O’Sullivan handily took house after his spectacular double in Jeddah simply over per week in the past.
“Oh I’m so joyful in the present day,” Thepchaiya Un-Nooh instructed the World Snooker Tour after establishing a round-of-32 tie towards Scott Donaldson.
“It seems like I made it on the incorrect match. I ought to have made it on the Triple Crown occasion to get the £147,000.”
“However anyway, I’m so joyful to make the 147th 147 on a Star desk. Yeah, I’m so joyful. It’s a pleasant factor to be remembered by.
“Earlier than I arrived in Wuhan, I made it twice on the follow recreation, so it gave me loads of confidence to make a 147 this time.
“Every little thing was fairly open and in an ideal place. I simply tried myself to do a 147 like I did many instances within the follow.
“Getting a possibility to make a 147 depends on the balls. If every thing is ideal, then I’m going to make it.”
Elsewhere on day two of the 2025/26 season’s third rating occasion, there have been victories for world primary Judd Trump and world champion Zhao Xintong.
Trump contributed a brace of tons throughout his routine 5-1 defeat of Liu Hongyu, whereas Zhao edged Matthew Stevens in a more in-depth 5-3 affair.
Reigning Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong, who compiled a 147 break within the earlier spherical, additionally superior with a 5-2 conquer Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
There have been a few notable upsets, although, with Shanghai Masters champion Kyren Wilson exiting early following a 5-2 reverse towards Aaron Hill.
The bettering Irishman made breaks of 124, 60, 56, and 55 to see off the problem of the world quantity two.
Ding Junhui additionally bowed out of the operating in Wuhan after struggling a 5-3 loss to up-and-coming teenage expertise Stan Moody.
The final 32 takes place on Tuesday with the likes of Mark Williams, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Mark Allen, and Shaun Murphy additionally nonetheless in rivalry for glory.
2025 Wuhan Open Draw
Spherical of 32 (bo9)
7am UTC+1 (BST)
Xiao Guodong vs David Grace
Marco Fu vs Matthew Selt
Jak Jones vs Barry Hawkins
Zhou Yuelong vs Stan Moody
Mark Williams vs Joe O’Connor
Mark Selby vs David Gilbert
Chang Bingyu vs Zhang Anda
Lei Peifan vs Aaron Hill
12:30pm UTC+1 (BST)
Judd Trump vs Jack Lisowski
Shaun Murphy vs Gary Wilson
Tom Ford vs Reanne Evans
Yuan Sijun vs John Higgins
Scott Donaldson vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Mark Allen vs Hossein Vafaei
Jackson Web page vs Si Jiahui
Stephen Maguire vs Zhao Xintong
Click on right here for the up to date draw (snooker.org)
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