Thepchaiya Un-Nooh compiled the fifth 147 break of his profession throughout his 4-0 victory over Jordan Brown on the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters on Sunday.
The Thai star constructed the right break within the second body of his whitewash win over the previous Welsh Open champion.
Un-Nooh added contributions of 95, 74, and 68 in a dominant show that noticed him attain the fourth spherical on the Inexperienced Halls in Jeddah.
The utmost effort places the 40 year-old in line to say the £50,000 prize that’s on supply for making a 147 break on the profitable match.
Nevertheless it moreover signifies that the previous Shoot Out champion is one-half of the way in which to banking the whopping £147,000 bonus that’s up for grabs on the World Snooker Tour this season.
It was introduced final week that the jackpot can be returning for the third marketing campaign in a row, with any participant to compile a brace of 147 breaks within the main occasions in line to obtain the windfall.
The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters has been included within the group of qualifying competitions for the primary time, alongside established majors on the UK Championship, the Masters, and the World Championship.
Final season, Jackson Web page pocketed the £147,000 bonus after turning into the primary participant to compile two maximums in the identical match throughout his World Championship qualifying fixture with Allan Taylor.
Given the pure expertise at his disposal and the sheer variety of occasions he will get himself right into a place to make a 147 break, there’ll be many fancying Un-Nooh to finish the feat this time period.
“It feels wonderful,” Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, who has famously missed the ultimate black to compile a 147 break 3 times up to now, mentioned by way of WST.
“It’s so tough to make a 147, particularly with the large prize cash. There’s plenty of strain.”
“I beforehand missed the ultimate black in order that was in my head, however I advised myself ‘go for it’ and it was fairly a straightforward black this time.
“If I’ve an opportunity of one other 147 now I’ll go for it, that’s my model.”
Subsequent up within the Kingdom for the Bangkok participant often called F1 is former Crucible runner-up Jak Jones, who bought his match off to a optimistic begin by beating Huang Jiahao.
One other busy day of motion on day three noticed the gamers seeded from 17 to 48 within the draw enter the fray.
That included the likes of Stephen Maguire and Joe O’Connor – finalists within the season-opening Championship League Snooker rating occasion – with the pair rising with tight 4-3 victories.
Different dramatic affairs noticed Gary Wilson, Noppon Saengkham, Aaron Hill, Chang Bingyu, Jamie Jones, Steven Hallworth, and Oliver Strains advance from deciding frames – the end result of the latter’s sport with Matthew Selt decided on the ultimate black.
There have been successes elsewhere for Stuart Bingham over 14 year-old Michal Szubarczyk and David Gilbert in opposition to Artemijs Zizins.
However a number of up-and-coming younger skills prolonged their stays within the match, together with 18 year-old Stan Moody who produced a positive show to oust Ryan Day.
Fellow youngsters Iulian Boiko and Lan Yuhao – a rookie this season and simply 16 years outdated – additionally moved ahead to the fourth spherical.
That stage will happen on Monday with the format rising to the best-of-nine frames and spots within the final 32 in opposition to the highest 16 seeds on supply.
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