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Mark Allen lost the longest ever frame at the Crucible (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark Allen and Wu Yize have secured the dubious honour of playing the longest frame in Crucible history, with the epic tussle labelled an \u2019embarrassment to snooker\u2019 by Steve Davis.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

He was ahead 39-1 in the 14th frame when things started getting sticky as the black sat just by the right corner pocket and reds started to gather around it.<\/p>\n

Both players nudged reds towards the black until there were eight of them surrounding the black, which was extremely close to going in.<\/p>\n

There were 75 safety shots played in the lengthy exchange, with referee Marcel Eckhart eventually stepping in to say the players had three shots each to end the stalemate.<\/p>\n

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Allen was not happy because he had a significant lead, which was 43-13 by this point, and did not want to be forced into a re-rack.<\/p>\n

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Chaos at the Crucible \ud83d\udd34\ud83d\ude2eA 100 minute frame, the longest-ever at the Crucible \u23f1\ufe0fIt followed this bizarre stalemate, where no ball was potted for 55 minutes! pic.twitter.com\/pZXdsfHbNi<\/a><\/p>\n

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He tried to develop the reds, but then chose to knock the black in, giving away seven points, but feeling like it was a necessary decision.<\/p>\n

Wu didn\u2019t win the frame from his next visit, but he did win it, levelling up the match at 7-7, but the frame had taken so long that the session had to end two frames early.<\/p>\n

Before the frame ended, BBC presenter Hazel Irvine said: \u2018It is the most tortuous frame I think we have ever seen at the Crucible. We are imprisoned by frame 14.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Wu Yize became the beneficiary of the stalemate (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Parrott said on commentary: \u2018The most remarkable frame ever played at the Crucible You have to say it was pretty farcical at the start of it, but what a finish!\u2019<\/p>\n

Both Parrott and Stephen Hendry felt the referee should have stepped in earlier than he did, but the right decision was eventually made.<\/p>\n

Six-time world champion Steve Davis felt it was an embarrassing episode which should be avoided in future, if possible.<\/p>\n

\u2018In a nutshell that frame is an embarrassment to snooker, and the referees\u2019 and the players\u2019 association need to try to work out a way so that never happens again,\u2019 Davis said.<\/p>\n

The final two sessions of the match are played on Saturday morning and evening.<\/p>\n

It is not the longest frame in the history of snooker, with Dave Gilbert and Fergal O\u2019Brien owning that accolade.<\/p>\n

The two men reached a deciding frame at 9-9 of the final round of World Championship qualifying in 2017 and history was made.<\/p>\n

That final frame, eventually won by O\u2019Brien, lasted 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 41 seconds.<\/p>\n

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