Ronnie O'Sulliva n: Genius of the baize.Race to 2 Max’s take the pot ?- Kyren Wilson November 25, 2020 Sign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.Cheers had to take my limelight didn’t you ?? All 10 previous World Championship 147s.O'Sullivan and Carter both made 147s in 2008 - the only time two have been made in the same championship.Mark Williams and Ali Carter are the other players to have achieved it.O'Sullivan's first 147 in 1997 took just five minutes and eight seconds.Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan have both made three 147s.Jimmy White made the second 147 in 1992.Canada's Cliff Thorburn was the first player to do it in 1983.Higgins joins six others in making a 147 break on the biggest stage of all: "It is such a rare thing to happen at the Crucible it is such a thrill to make one there." Maximums at the World Championship Winning the World Championship is amazing, it is the culmination of 17 days of hard work but a 147 is just special. "It is the biggest buzz you can have as a snooker player. "Obviously it's a little bit surreal with no crowd there because when there are two or three reds left, they tend to clap every single shot, they know what is going on and the atmosphere just builds. Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry on BBC Two: The fifth seed continued to fight back after the interval and levelled the match at 8-8 by winning the final two frames, yet ultimately exited the event. Higgins predicted there would be a 147 before the championship and stated that this year's tournament could be the best ever in terms of standard.
How much do you know about Crucible 147s?."Crowd or no crowd, making a 147 is special because you have to be perfect on every shot." "There was nothing else to put on his CV apart from the Crucible 147 and now he's done it.
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"That was incredible," said BBC TV analyst Joe Perry. The clearance puts the four-time world champion in line for a £40,000 bonus for the maximum, as well as the £15,000 highest break prize. Higgins himself hardly celebrated as he walked off for the mid-session interval trailing 7-5. With no crowd in the Crucible Theatre because of the coronavirus pandemic, there was no standing ovation or cheering to mark Higgins' achievement, although there was the applause of the 'fake crowd' noise. The Scot is the seventh player to make a World Championship 147 and the first since compatriot Stephen Hendry eight years ago. Higgins bumped elbows with Maflin to celebrate what was his 10th career maximum but his first at the Crucible. The pair conclude on Friday at 14:30 BST. Selby took three in a row with breaks of 76, 55 and 120 to go in front, but Saengkham made runs of 74 and 105 to set up a tense finish. In a fascinating encounter, three-time champion Mark Selby responded from falling 5-3 behind to level at 8-8 against Thailand's Noppon Saengkham. "It was a great match, I nicked a few frames off him but you have to admire the way he went for his shots." I had my chance at 11-10 in front but take nothing away from him.
Higgins said: "He was amazing, he never shied away from any shots and every credit to him, he went for it and deserved it in the end. Maflin will face the winner of the second-round tie between Anthony McGill and Jamie Clarke next, guaranteeing a qualifier in the semi-finals. In a tremendous tussle, Higgins had already made a century and added six further breaks of 50 or more, but Maflin held himself together in fine manner with runs of 80, 75 and 63 for the biggest win of his career. Higgins' brilliant 147 came in the 12th frame and was the first maximum made at the Crucible Theatre since 2012. But Norway's Maflin, 36, responded in stunning fashion, taking three in a row to progress to the quarter-finals.