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Euan Robertson

China's Tian Pengfei flukes crazy double pot against John Higgins at Crucible

Tian Pengfei pulled off an insane double pot against John Higgins in the World Championships - but he never meant it.

The 33 year-old attempted a long red into the bottom pocket but it rebounded off the jaws of the pocket.

The initial red ricocheted into two further reds which ended up with two reds dropping into separate pockets to the bewilderment of both players.

Seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry was stunned on co-commentary, adding: " Wow. Two? He hasn't really got the cue. You can see the effort he has to put into it and the body movement just to get the work on the cue ball.

"One goes into the right corner and one into the right middle. He's very unlucky not to get good position on the colour."

Pengfei raced to a surprise 4-1 lead against Higgins before the wizard of Wishaw battled back to finish the session trailing 4-3.

The four-time world champions won the longest frame of this year's tournament so far to claim the final frame to cut the deficit to just one frame ahead of the resumption tomorrow afternoon.

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