'A break we weren’t expecting!' – Ronnie O’Sullivan smashes glass during Hong Kong Masters final

Snooker is all about big breaks. Unfortunately, Ronnie O’Sullivan took that a little too literally during his Hong Kong Masters final with Marco Fu after accidentally smashing a glass between frames. Ad After cleaning his cue ahead of the fourth frame, the Rocket sent his glass tumbling to the floor when putting his cloth back on his chairside table.

Hong Kong MastersFu spots daughter in crowd during Hong Kong Masters final20 MINUTES AGO “Ah, there’s been a break that we weren’t expecting,” jibed David Hendon on Eurosport commentary. “Maybe a dustpan and brush will be called for. Someone’s going to have to come and sweep that up because obviously we can’t have broken glass in the arena.” Two helpers quickly appeared to clear the damage, with the record-breaking crowd chuckling as a replay was shown on the big screen.

Some 9,000 spectators were forecast to attend the final, the biggest audience for any snooker match in history. O’Sullivan reveals his journey to snooker greatness in new two-hour show on Eurosport and discovery+ 'Deafening noise!' — Fu makes 'wonderful' 147 in decider against Higgins It was an unusually engrossing pause between frames after Fu had earlier spotted his daughter in the crowd, prompting a very cute wave-off. Fu’s playing time has been limited in recent seasons after having surgery to fix the vision in his left eye – a procedure that left him fearing for his snooker career – and Covid restrictions.

And the local icon admitted his 147 maximum break in Saturday's semi-final over John Higgins should have been “impossible” after spending so long in the snooker wilderness. “It’s amazing. I still can’t believe what just happened," he said.