Ding Makes Record Maximum
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China's Ding Junhui knocked in a maximum 147 break on his way to victory over Anthony Hamilton on the opening day of The Masters at Wembley Arena.
The 19-year-old Ding, the world number 27, made the clearance in the seventh frame to go 5-2 up and went on to win the wildcard encounter 6-3.
It is only the second maximum break in the tournament's history.
Canada's Kirk Stevens is the only other man to have completed a 147, against Jimmy White in 1984, and this 147 was in the first match since the tournament moved from Wembley Conference Centre after 30 years.
It is the 56th official 147 of all-time, and the first to come from "overseas", i.e. outside the British Isles for four years.
A maximum is considered to be the greatest achievement in snooker.
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