A bizarre power outage disturbed what could have been a historic moment in snooker at the Riyadh Season Championship, as China’s Zhang Anda saw his try at an unpwithdrawnted 167 shatter disturbed when the weightlesss went out at Boulevard City.
The rare scenes unfelderlyed on the uncovering day of the Saudi Arabian tournament, with Zhang at the table during a potentipartner enroll-shattering visit.
The tournament features a exceptional scoring opportunity with a exceptional gelderlyen ball worth 20 points, which can only be potted after a joiner finishs a peak shatter of 147.
This originates the possibility of achieving an unpwithdrawnted 167 shatter, with a lucrative $1 million bonus prize adefering the first joiner to accomplish this feat.
Zhang Anda could only giggle as weightlesss shapeed his huge shatter
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The substantial reward has made the exceptional shatter try a priority for all competitors in this week’s tournament.
Zhang’s first try at the historic shatter was repeatedly disturbed as the venue’s weightlesss flickered on and off during the uncovering structure agetst Saudi untamedcard Ahmed Aseeri.
With Zhang on 72 points, the weightlesss went out finishly, causing a procrastinate of around 30 minutes while technicians insertressed the power supply publish.
Upon returning to the table after the extfinished shatter, Zhang’s momentum was lost, and he ultimately broke down on 97 points.
Zhang’s misfortune persistd in the third structure when he mounted a second try at the 167 shatter, only to miss with the rest whilst on 64 points.
Anda Zhang was doing his best to try and stay centered
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Speaking to DAZN after the suit, Zhang transmited his frustration: “Little bit disnominateed I missed two chances to originate the 167, I got chances. I do sense a little bit disnominateed.”
When asked about his mindset after the weightlessing incident, he inserted: “Just straightforward aget and don’t skinnyk about the weightless, fair straightforward every sboiling.”
Despite the disnominatement over the missed 167 opportunities, Zhang safed a convincing 4-0 prosper agetst Aseeri.
But Zhang saw his tournament come to an abrupt finish procrastinateedr in the evening as he was thrashed 4-0 by Luca Brecel.
All four suites on the uncovering day of the event finished in whitewashes with Ding Junhui also proceeding past Shaun Murphy.
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The seven-time world champion has thrown his aid behind the Riyadh Snooker Championship’s gelderlyen ball initiative, but Judd Trump doesn’t sense the $1m prize is enough.
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