THIS is the moment Si Jiahui sent the crowd into a frenzy after making an inch-perfect escape shot at the Masters.
World No4 Mark Allen thought he’d set up a near impossible snooker before Chinese debutant Si found a way out.
Si Jiahui stunned the crowd at Ally Pally after making an inch-perfect escape shot at the Masters.
Mark Allen left the cue ball just beside the blue near the yellow pocket
But Si pulled off a shot of the tournament contender to produce a great escape
AlamySi still crashed out of the Masters[/caption]
Si came to the table with the cue ball trapped behind the blue near the baulk cushion.
But the 22-year-old remarkably escaped with a shot of the tournament contender.
Si was nowhere near close to hitting one of the two remaining reds with either of his first two tries.
But he drew huge cheers from the Ally Pally crowd when he hit between two long reds after travelling down the table.
The audience immediately began rejoicing when the cue ball screwed off the cushion with spin from a squared angle.
A commentator said: “Brilliant! Brilliant! Wow I have never heard an applause like that in snooker.
“But it’s very deserved. Great shot.”
However Allen went on to claim the gruelling first frame, which lasted more than 40 minutes.
The next five games were all won with breaks of 60 or more, with former World Championship semi-finalist Si making 103 in frame two.
But Allen responded with 111 on his way to a 4-2 lead, before claiming a fifth and securing a scrappy sixth frame.
GettyMark Allen has set up a quarter-final clash with Mark Selby on Thursday[/caption]
The Northern Irishman told Eurosport: “I played well there, I missed one or two shots in the whole game, I just felt like I got the better of the safety side of it.
“He’s such a dangerous player, you need to keep it tight and I did that tonight.
“These are the events you want to play in, this is one of the biggest events in our calendar and probably the best area we play in in front of amazing fans.”
Allen will play Mark Selby in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
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List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
1969 – John Spencer
1970 – Ray Reardon
1971 – John Spencer
1972 – Alex Higgins
1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
1977 – John Spencer (2)
1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
1979 – Terry Griffiths
1980 – Cliff Thorburn
1981 – Steve Davis
1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
1983 – Steve Davis (2)
1984 – Steve Davis (3)
1985 – Dennis Taylor
1986 – Joe Johnson
1987 – Steve Davis (4)
1988 – Steve Davis (5)
1989 – Steve Davis (6)
1990 – Stephen Hendry
1991 – John Parrott
1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
1997 – Ken Doherty
1998 – John Higgins
1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
2000 – Mark Williams
2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2002 – Peter Ebdon
2003 – Mark Williams (2)
2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
2005 – Shaun Murphy
2006 – Graeme Dott
2007 – John Higgins (2)
2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
2009 – John Higgins (3)
2010 – Neil Robertson
2011 – John Higgins (4)
2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
2014 – Mark Selby
2015 – Stuart Bingham
2016 – Mark Selby (2)
2017 – Mark Selby (3)
2018 – Mark Williams (3)
2019 – Judd Trump
2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
2021 – Mark Selby (4)
2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
2023 – Luca Brecel
2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
2 – Alex Higgins
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