The attack of the cue ball - White jumps off table and hits Thepchaiya Un-Nooh during win over Robert Milkins
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Published 20/02/2022 at 13:49 GMT
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is one of the fastest players on the snooker tour, and he needed to show lightning-fast reactions after Robert Milkins inadvertently sent the white ball flying off the table in their clash in Welsh Open qualifying. Thepchaiya went on to secure victory, but only after being given a fright.
Milkins chips white ball off the table and hits Thepchaiya
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Robert Milkins in qualifying for the Welsh Open, but not before he got the fright of his life.
The Thailand player was sat in his chair, trying to look interested without being too interested, as Milkins was in the middle of a break during the fourth frame.
Milkins was digging down on the cue ball in an attempt to impart screw in potting a green.
He dug too far down, sending the white over the top of the green and off the table - directly into the lap of Thepchaiya.
So shocked was Thepchaiya he almost dropped his cue, but as you’d expect from a snooker player, he showed excellent hand-eye coordination to regroup and grab hold before it crashed to the floor.
Milkins sheepishly headed back to his seat after offering a hand of apology to Thepchaiya.
It did not cost Milkins the frame, as he took the fourth to level the match, but Thepchaiya knocked in a century to seal a 4-2 to win and a place in the main draw.
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