Victorious Gary Wilson and Luca Brecel set new World Championship record for longest frame
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ByEurosport
Updated 22/04/2019 at 09:20 GMT
Gary Wilson and Luca Brecel played out the longest frame in World Championship history, the final frame lasting 79 minutes and 31 seconds before qualifier Wilson scrambled over the winning line 10-9.
Gary Wilson in action.
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It beat the previous record set by Mark Selby and Marco Fu in the 2016 semi-finals that ran for 76 minutes and 11 seconds.
World number 25 Wilson – a former taxi driver from Wallsend – will face Mark Selby or Zhao Xintong in the last 16 after grinding out the win over the Belgian 13th seed having come from 7-5 behind earlier on Monday.
“I saw of couple of people leaving during the final frame, I was half embarrassed,” said Wilson, who was 9-8 clear when the players were forced to finish their elongated afternoon session and return in the evening.
“You’ve got to block that out of your mind and get to 10. I’ve got confidence that I can battle hard, but that’s not what I play snooker for.
The longest taxi ride I did was Newcastle to Bradford, that didn’t feel anywhere as long.
The duo returned after Neil Robertson picked off the one frame he needed for a 10-1 win over Michael Georgiou with Brecel restoring parity at 9-9 upon the resumption.
There was also a re-rack at the start of the deciding frame before the balls ran awkward forcing extended bouts of safety play with neither man able to produce a killer blow until a double on the final red by Wilson set up the winning thrust.
After Brecel had resumed 5-4 overnight, he moved 7-5 to the good with breaks of 96 and 70 only for Wilson to win four on the spin boosted by 106, 85 and 55 before the final late drama earned the pair a place in the sport's folklore.
First-round results & latest scores (best of 19 frames)
- Mark Williams (Wal) 10-7 Martin Gould (Eng)
- David Gilbert (Eng) v Joe Perry (Eng)
- Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Li Hang (Chn)
- Kyren Wilson (Eng) v Scott Donaldson (Sco)
- John Higgins (Sco) 6-3 Mark Davis (Eng)
- Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Graeme Dott (Sco)
- Shaun Murphy (Eng) 9-0 Luo Honghao (Chn)
- Neil Robertson (Aus) 10-1 Michael Georgiou (Cyp)
- Mark Selby (Eng) v Zhao Xintong (Chn)
- Luca Brecel (Bel) 9-10 Gary Wilson (Eng)
- Jack Lisowski (Eng) v Ali Carter (Eng)
- Mark Allen (NI) v Zhou Yeulong (Chn)
- Judd Trump (Eng) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha)
- Ding Junhui (Chn) 10-7 Anthony McGill (Sco)
- Stephen Maguire (Sco) 10-9 Tian Pengfei (Chn)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v James Cahill (Eng)
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