{"id":7779,"date":"2026-05-01T20:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:17:31","slug":"record-breaking-mark-allen-vs-wu-yize-frame-labelled-embarrassment-to-snooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7779","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking Mark Allen vs Wu Yize frame labelled &#8217;embarrassment to snooker&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274047028.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28200696\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Fourteen\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Mark Allen lost the longest ever frame at the Crucible (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mark Allen and Wu Yize have secured the dubious honour of playing the longest frame in Crucible history, with the epic tussle labelled an \u2019embarrassment to snooker\u2019 by Steve Davis.<\/p>\n<p>The 14th frame of the lasted just over 100 minutes, comfortably beating the previous record of 85 minutes and 22 seconds, set by Mark Selby and Yan Bingtao in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman was 7-6 ahead in the second session, having won all five of the frames on Friday afternoon to that point.<\/p>\n<p>He was ahead 39-1 in the 14th frame when things started getting sticky as the black sat just by the right corner pocket and reds started to gather around it.<\/p>\n<p>Both players nudged reds towards the black until there were eight of them surrounding the black, which was extremely close to going in.<\/p>\n<p>There were 75 safety shots played in the lengthy exchange, with referee Marcel Eckhart eventually stepping in to say the players had three shots each to end the stalemate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tAre you snooker loopy?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>You&#8217;re in the right place. I&#8217;m Phil Haigh, and I cover the game we all love for <strong>Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In my new newsletter, The Table, I analyse the biggest talking points, pull back the curtain on the sport and crown the biggest winners and losers every week.<\/p>\n<p>The next edition will look back on what has been a great World Championship yet again, so there&#8217;s no better time to sign up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB-MAIN-8adc.png?w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27997408\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Phil has been reporting on snooker for over a decade, since working in World Snooker&#8217;s press office in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Allen was not happy because he had a significant lead, which was 43-13 by this point, and did not want to be forced into a re-rack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"metro-embed__twitter\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"all\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chaos at the Crucible \ud83d\udd34\ud83d\ude2eA 100 minute frame, the longest-ever at the Crucible \u23f1\ufe0fIt followed this bizarre stalemate, where no ball was potted for 55 minutes! <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pZXdsfHbNi\">pic.twitter.com\/pZXdsfHbNi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/2050277482213908790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>He tried to develop the reds, but then chose to knock the black in, giving away seven points, but feeling like it was a necessary decision.<\/p>\n<p>Wu didn\u2019t win the frame from his next visit, but he did win it, levelling up the match at 7-7, but the frame had taken so long that the session had to end two frames early.<\/p>\n<p>Before the frame ended, BBC presenter Hazel Irvine said: \u2018It is the most tortuous frame I think we have ever seen at the Crucible. We are imprisoned by frame 14.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274045245.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28200698\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Fourteen\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Wu Yize became the beneficiary of the stalemate (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John Parrott said on commentary: \u2018The most remarkable frame ever played at the Crucible You have to say it was pretty farcical at the start of it, but what a finish!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Both Parrott and Stephen Hendry felt the referee should have stepped in earlier than he did, but the right decision was eventually made.<\/p>\n<p>Six-time world champion Steve Davis felt it was an embarrassing episode which should be avoided in future, if possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In a nutshell that frame is an embarrassment to snooker, and the referees\u2019 and the players\u2019 association need to try to work out a way so that never happens again,\u2019 Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>The final two sessions of the match are played on Saturday morning and evening.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the longest frame in the history of snooker, with Dave Gilbert and Fergal O\u2019Brien owning that accolade.<\/p>\n<p>The two men reached a deciding frame at 9-9 of the final round of World Championship qualifying in 2017 and history was made.<\/p>\n<p>That final frame, eventually won by O\u2019Brien, lasted 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 41 seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Barry Hearn speaks out on Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s future in snooker<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Wu Yize thanks Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan for support on rapid rise to snooker elite<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Neil Robertson reveals what John Higgins does that almost nobody sees<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--snooker\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>The Table<\/h4>\n<p>Stay ahead of snooker&#8217;s next big break with Metro&#8217;s resident expert Phil Haigh in his new weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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