"Shot of the century" at the world billiards championship

Continuously facing extremely difficult situations, however, thanks to his talent and a little luck, the British player made everyone stand up and applaud.

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In snooker, people often talk about the absolute score of 147, each player after making this score will be awarded a certain amount of money. However, in snooker, shots scoring over 100 points are also praised. Such table clearances are technically called century clearances.

Martin Gould plays a beautiful shot

Such shots are not rare, usually the players in the top 50 in the world have over 100 such shots in their career. But there are special shots that are noted for the complexity of the ball position, the player's ability to handle the situation and sometimes luck is also mentioned.

In the first round of the world snooker championship taking place in Sheffield, England, the century shot of world number 12 Martin Gould made many people admire.

With a 122-point shot, the 34-year-old showed great skill in solving a series of extremely difficult ball positions. The shot was even more remarkable when luck helped Gould put the blue ball into the hole.

The BBC had to use the headline: "Unbelievable!" to honor the British player's classy shot. Despite his unexpectedly excellent shot, Martin Gould lost to Chinese player Ding Junhui 8-10 in the first round of the 2016 Snooker World Championship.

According to 24h