Un-nooh!! Aptly-named snooker player misses final black for 147 maximum break

He missed out on the £44,000 prize too, and lost the match for good measure…

Un-nooh!! Aptly-named snooker player misses final black for 147 maximum break

By Stephen Barry

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh’s snooker dream turned into a nightmare in front of a live TV audience this evening.

Standing on the cusp of achieving snooker perfection against a former World Champion, the Thai cueman missed the most routine of pots and lost his 147 opportunity.

Un-Nooh’s night went from bad to worse as he realised the size of the £44,000 prize that he had left on the table.

And Robertson even topped his 140-break next frame around on his way to a 6-2 win.

Un-Nooh’s play had been superb to even create the chance of a maximum clearance, setting up perfectly on the black and potting this sublime final red.

But after all the reflection, there was only the matter of the appropriateness of Un-Nooh’s name left to talk about.

Here’s the infamous frame, with the agonising 10-minute build-up to the final black included in full.

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