Thepchaiya Un-Nooh wins thriller with Hossein Vafaei to reach Six Red World Snooker Championship final

10.03.2023 - 16:51 eurosport.com

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh battled back from 5-2 and 6-4 behind to edge out Hossein Vafaei 7-6 and reach the Six Red World Championship final in Bangkok.

The popular Thai speed merchant had to display fortitude as much as flair in a thrilling semi-final that saw Vafaei miss a tricky pink to the green pocket in the penultimate frame that would have sealed a 7-5 victory.

Ad A day after he punished Judd Trump for missing match ball in the quarter-finals, the snooker balls did not forgive the Iranian professional this time as Un-Nooh duly dominated the decider with a few timely snookers to reach the final for a third time in eight years.

Six-Red World ChampionshipWho does O'Sullivan face in last 16 of Six Red World Championship?YESTERDAY AT 17:03 He lifted the title in 2015 with an 8-2 filleting of Liang Wenbo before suffering a similar defeat by the same scoreline to Mark Williams in 2017.

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