UK Championship snooker 2020 - 'Mother of all flukes!' - Zhou Yuelong leaves Neil Robertson stunned

Updated 05/12/2020 at 16:31 GMT

Zhou Yuelong left Neil Robertson stunned with a crazy fluke which ended up gifting him a frame during their UK Championship semi-final in Milton Keynes. While the Australian cruised along comfortably in the match, the fluke helped Zhou to an early frame in the afternoon session of the last-four clash.

Neil Robertson and Zhou Yuelong

Image credit: Eurosport

Everyone loves a fluke, particularly a wild one. Neil Robertson's face made it very clear that Zhou Yuelong had achieved the latter on Saturday.

Trailing by 45-62 in the third frame, Zhou somehow managed to pot the blue after a length-of-the-table hit-and-hope safety attempt.

Not only did the shot get him out of a tricky snooker at a crucial point in the frame, it also allowed him to subsequently clean up.

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Robertson was left to simply watch on in disbelief - and look ever-so-slightly mad about it all.

"Wow, what a moment that could be!" exclaimed David Hendon on commentary for Eurosport.

'The mother of all flukes!' - Zhou leaves Robertson stunned

The mother of all flukes could just have turned this match around!

"It's won him the frame. Robertson had the blue initially for the frame."

The fluke, in actual fact, did little to deter or slow down the Australian former world champion, who continued to rack up a commanding lead in the match.

Robertson is the overwhelming favourite to take on world number one Judd Trump, who is in semi-final action on Saturday evening, in Sunday's showpiece match in Milton Keynes.