Jack Lisowski leaves snooker rival stunned with ‘outrageous’ fluke as commentator says ‘I’ve never seen that before’
JACK LISOWSKI left Ali Carter stunned with an “outrageous” fluke shot at the UK Championship.
The two rivals faced off in the snooker tournament for a spot in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
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Lisowski, 33, got off to a strong start as he won two of the first three frames of the match.
In the fourth frame, he even got a helping hand from a bit of luck.
He was leading the frame 49-1 and trying to pot a red into the far top pocket.
He misjudged his shot, and it cannoned off the corner of the pocket.
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However, the red then rebounded off the static green and rolled perfectly into the middle pocket.
Carter was left stunned in his seat while the Eurosport commentator said: “Not sure I’ve ever seen a fluke like that before”.
Fans were also left bemused by the freak fluke shot as they reacted on social media.
One wrote: “There’s been a lot of strange things happening this week, lads.”
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A second commented: “Against Ali Carter as well, even better.”
A third wrote: “Jack Lisowski with an outrageous fluke.”
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A fourth said: “Just unreal.”
Another added: “That is just so lucky.”
Lisowski went on to win the whole match 6-4 to dump Carter out of the tournament.
After the clash, he insisted that he “got away” with the win.
He said: “I didn’t play as well as the other day but I was kind of expecting that.
“I felt a bit inexperienced at the end. I just push the boat out at the wrong times and he could have been coming back at me.
“It could definitely have been 5-5, so I got away with that.
“The fans here are amazing. I think they maybe watched the game against Selby the other day and appreciated it, because he had 94% pot success.
“I was looking back on it and to beat him is really tough. I felt a lot of support tonight and sometimes that can put me under pressure.
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“My concentration is getting better though and that definitely helped. The crowd in York is my favourite bunch.”
Elsewhere, Mark Allen booked his spot in the final eight with a 6-4 victory over Wu Yize.
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins