Record-breaking Mark Allen vs Wu Yize frame labelled ’embarrassment to snooker’

Mark Allen lost the longest ever frame at the Crucible (Picture: Getty Images)

Mark Allen and Wu Yize have secured the dubious honour of playing the longest frame in Crucible history, with the epic tussle labelled an ’embarrassment to snooker’ by Steve Davis.

The 14th frame of the lasted just over 100 minutes, comfortably beating the previous record of 85 minutes and 22 seconds, set by Mark Selby and Yan Bingtao in 2022.

The Northern Irishman was 7-6 ahead in the second session, having won all five of the frames on Friday afternoon to that point.

He was ahead 39-1 in the 14th frame when things started getting sticky as the black sat just by the right corn...