Ding Junhui makes historic 147 maximum break against Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Masters in first round | Snooker News

Ding Junhui made his second 147 at the Masters to become the first player to make multiple maximum breaks in snooker’s biggest invitational event; Ding was playing Ronnie O’Sullivan in the first round of the event at Alexandra Palace on Monday afternoon

Ding Junhui became the first snooker player to make two 147s at the Masters after he delivered a maximum break in the first round against Ronnie O’Sullivan.

In the seventh frame of the best-of-11 encounter, Ding made a 147 to trail O’Sullivan by one frame, at 4-3 down, in the second Triple Crown event on the calendar.

Ding made a 147 at the Masters in 2007 and only two other players have made one at the historic event – Kirk Stevens in 1984 and Marco Fu in 2007.

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