Stephen Hendry shrugged off the consequences of a ten,000-mile spherical journey to China as he fired the tenth most break within the historical past of the World Championship, on this present day a decade in the past.
The seven-time world champion solely arrived again within the nation the day gone by following a long-haul enterprise journey to town of Changchun – near the North Korean border.
His gorgeous 147 break got here within the seventh body of his first-round assembly with Stuart Bingham as he opened up an 8-1 in a single day lead in Sheffield.
The Scot had earlier joked that enjoying with jet-lag would possibly assist his recreation, after a tough season by which he had struggled for outcomes.
However he couldn’t have dreamed of such a robust show on the opening day of the event. His third Crucible most – following related knocks in 1995 and 2009 – ultimately pocketed him £50,000: £40,000 for the 147, and a £10,000 highest-break prize.
“I felt actually good on the market, and the jet-lag – properly, sleep is for wimps!” he stated. “It’s the brand new manner, fly in to Sheffield the day earlier than with no observe!”
Then aged 43, Hendry punched the air on potting the simple black to clinch the reward, and raised his glass of water as the group stood to acclaim his feat.
Neil Robertson, left, and Ken Doherty, centre, paused their match to look at Stephen Hendry (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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Ken Doherty and Neil Robertson, former world champions competing on the opposite facet of the sector, paused their match as Hendry moved near the magical mark, and along with Bingham provided their congratulations.
Hendry went on to beat Bingham 10-4 after which defeated primary seed John Higgins in spherical two earlier than struggling a 13-2 quarter-final exit by the hands of Stephen Maguire – his ultimate Crucible look.
4-time winner Higgins is the one participant to have registered a 147 break on the World Championship since, doing so towards Kurt Maflin in 2020.
Like Hendry, six-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has additionally achieved the feat on three events, in 1997, 2003, 2008. An unique checklist of simply seven males is accomplished by Cliff Thorburn (1983), Jimmy White (1992), Mark Williams (2005) and Ali Carter (2008).
Kaynak: briturkish.com
