Joe O’Connor produced a milestone break through the newest spherical of Championship League matches as he made the 2 hundredth official 147 in snooker historical past.
It was the primary most of the 28-year-old’s profession, along with his earlier prime break being 143.
It gave the world quantity 30 a 2-1 lead in his group match in opposition to fellow Englishman Elliot Slessor on Thursday.
O’Connor went on to win 3-2 on the Mattioli Area in his hometown of Leicester.
It’s the eleventh most of the 2023-24 season – six-time world champion Steve Davis scored the primary ever on the Lada Traditional in 1982.
4-time world champion Mark Selby, who like O’Connor is from Leicester, claimed the one hundredth official most on the 2013 UK Championship.
O’Connor is but to qualify for the principle draw of the World Championship or win an expert title, along with his finest efficiency coming in 2022, when he misplaced to Gary Wilson within the Scottish Open last.