Hossein Vafaei pulls off spectacular pot off three cushions in win over Ryan Day at Welsh Open

Hossein Vafaei has long been capable of the spectacular, and he produced something special against Ryan Day at the Welsh Open. The Iranian has added consistency to his game this season, and secured his first title at the Snooker Shoot Out. Ad/> He is now a player others fear, as his brilliance is now married with solid match play.

Welsh OpenThe greatest ever snooker shot? Vafaei produces extraordinary escape and pot18/02/2022 AT 08:50 Against Day, he produced good match snooker to win 4-3 and set up a quarter-final with Zhang Anda on Friday evening. But there was also a bit of stardust in the fourth frame when he was bang in trouble. Day had him snookered behind the black, with a red hanging over the right middle should he err.

I am not playing well enough — Trump admits to struggles with form O'Sullivan performs a bit of grand larceny Vafaei assessed the situation and thought potting the red off three cushions was the best option. He could have thrown in a triple axel for added tariff, we suppose. Top cushion, bottom cushion, side cushion, pot the red and drop on a colour for the icing on the cake.

Spectacular stuff from Vafaei, and Anda had better be on his guard later on Friday. --- Watch the Welsh Open and other top snooker live on Eurosport and discovery+. Players ChampionshipHiggins beats Vafaei to advance to quarter-finals of the Players Championship09/02/2022 AT 16:33 Shoot OutVafaei stuns Williams to win Snooker Shoot Out23/01/2022 AT 23:01