Robert Milkins produced a memorable comeback to beat Joe Perry 10-9 in their delayed first-round clash at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. Milkins’ match against Perry was interrupted earlier this week when a man wearing a ‘Just Stop Oil’ T-shirt jumped on to table one and tipped orange powder over the cloth.
The crowd from Monday night’s match were given free tickets by event organisers for Thursday’s unscheduled morning session at the Crucible, and they watched Milkins defy the odds to reach the last 16.
Judd Trump, last year’s beaten finalist, suffered a first-round shock at the hands of Anthony McGill, while Mark Selby has shown ominous signs of form to see off Matthew Selt 10-8.
Friday has a cracker of a match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Hossein Vafaei, with extra spice after the Iranian’s criticism of the seven-time champion.
