Immediately after the conclusion of an additional incredible snooker time, we decide 10 of our favorite shots from the 2021/22 marketing campaign as captured by the Eurosport cameras. You can vote for your personal choice when we reveal our remaining checklist of contenders this thirty day period.
No. 6 – Vafaei reveals remarkable red at Welsh Open
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Locked at 3-3 with 2007 finalist Andrew Higginson in the qualifying spherical in February and trailing 43-40 in the closing body, the totally free-wheeling Iranian experienced was staring defeat in the encounter in Wolverhampton.
With only two reds remaining on the table, just one improper manoeuvre could have buried alive Vafaei’s hopes when he tried to escape from an evidently hopeless snooker.
Trapped powering the yellow on a facet cushion with both reds in baulk, the outcome was amazing as he opted for a substantial-danger approach of slamming the white into the jaws somewhat than run the white about the angles.
In committing completely to the shot in his intellect, the Shoot Out winner calculated the angles beautifully as the white raced back again up to baulk before clipping the purple and seeing as it disappeared down the yellow bag.
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There was no apology later on which verified the shot was played and carried out with unerring precision.
He would earn the body 63-52 on the black to finish victory from 3-1 at the rear of before embarking on a rousing run.
Vafaei – who concluded the campaign at a vocation-significant position of 17 – was only denied a final location at the Welsh Open up by Judd Trump 6-5 possessing led a memorable semi-last 5-3 in Newport.
His purple for the ages will stay extensive in the memory.
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Source: Euro Sports