{"id":427996,"date":"2026-05-02T02:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427996\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:39:11","slug":"mark-allen-all-square-with-wu-yize-after-longest-ever-crucible-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427996\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Allen all square with Wu Yize after longest ever Crucible frame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mammoth afternoon session between Wu Yize and Mark Allen saw the longest frame in World Championship history completed.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon session at the Crucible concluded with a bizarre 14th frame, which saw a cluster of eight reds jammed around a black on the edge of the pocket.<\/p>\n<p>It resulted in a lengthy stalemate which passed without a ball being potted and included referee Marcel Eckardt asking the Crucible crowd to settle before Allen eventually fouled the black.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One hundred minutes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The  frame between Mark Allen and Wu Yize is the longest EVER at the Crucible.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#WorldChampionship<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LFFzDGFF8y\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LFFzDGFF8y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WST (@WeAreWST) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreWST\/status\/2050273731281338610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A gruelling frame was completed in one hour and 40 minutes \u2013 the longest in World Championship history \u2013 leaving the pair tied at 7-7 overnight as the session ended two frames short.<\/p>\n<p>Allen knew he had to hit the ground running after trailing 6-2 overnight to an opponent high on confidence and belief.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman dug deep to win a scrappy opener with Wu failing to make the most of getting in among the balls before ending on 32.<\/p>\n<p>What followed next was extraordinary with a frame of ebb and flow lasting over an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Wu racked up a 51 break before choosing not to split the remaining reds and opting for a safety shot instead.<\/p>\n<p>The move looked like paying off but Wu missed a key brown and no ball was potted for 30 minutes as a safety battle took charge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mark-allen-all-square-with-wu-yize-after-longest-ever-crucible-frame.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Allen plays safe off a red using the rest during his match against Wu Yize\" data-title=\"Halo World Snooker Championship 2026 \u2013 Day Fourteen \u2013 The Crucible\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Mike Egerton\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"\/>Mark Allen stole frame 10 after needing a snooker (Mike Egerton\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Wu eventually found a red but failed to cut a green into the middle pocket, allowing Allen to find the snooker he needed and eventually take the frame on the black.<\/p>\n<p>The Crucible crowd stood to salute Allen and they were on their feet again within minutes after he compiled a tournament-best 145 break.<\/p>\n<p>Wu looked a forlorn figure in need of the interval until fluking a black that rattled the jaws of one pocket and rolled along the cushion before finding another.<\/p>\n<p>But Wu was unable to take advantage of his good fortune and another error allowed Allen to square matters at 6-6.<\/p>\n<p>Allen maintained his momentum after the interval with a 121 break, his ninth century of the tournament taking him one clear of Zhao Xintong, to lead for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Another extraordinary frame followed in the 14th, with the black crowded by a cluster of reds and after a lengthy stalemate, Allen knocked the black in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"421\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777689551_722_mark-allen-all-square-with-wu-yize-after-longest-ever-crucible-frame.jpg\" alt=\"Wu Yize observes a cluster of reds and the black over the pocket during the 14th frame against Mark Allen\" data-title=\"Halo World Snooker Championship 2026 \u2013 Day Fourteen \u2013 The Crucible\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Mike Egerton\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"\/>Wu Yize inspects the cluster of reds and the black over the pocket during the 14th frame (Mike Egerton\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>The frame continued to ultimately make Crucible history, with Wu battling to clinch it and level the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Six-time world champion Steve Davis was unhappy with the situation in the 14th frame.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the BBC afterwards, Davis said: \u201cIn 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 that never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mammoth afternoon session between Wu Yize and Mark Allen saw the longest frame in World Championship history&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-427996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}