SNOOKER star Matthew Selt forfeited his Saudi Arabia Masters match against Pang Junxu after eight frames on Monday.
The two players faced each other in the round-of-32 at Green Halls, Riyadh.
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With the score 4-3 (10-1) to Pang in the eighth frame, Selt attempted to sink the black into the bottom-right pocket.
But while it appeared to be a relatively simple shot, he narrowly missed.
The 39-year-old hit out in frustration, slapping a red ball across the table.
After having a quick word with the referee and shaking his opponent’s hand, Selt gathered his things and made a swift exit.
Just two days ago, the British snooker star revealed his cue had been damaged on his flight to Saudi Arabia.
He said: “It snapped in two. I had some cues sent from back home and one from Thailand but I found a local carpenter here who has filed some of the wood away and used some extremely strong adhesive to put it back together, so I’m going to use it.
“I played with it for a few hours earlier. It looks terrible, but the balls are going in the direction they were going in before it broke.
“Hopefully that will keep happening and it won’t break during the game. He’s done a very good job in terms of keeping me going until I can get it to Thailand after here and get it completely rebuilt.
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“My old cue I had for 20 years, Anthony Hamilton is playing with that now, so I practised with that. My intention was to use that.
“Then I had a look at my cue and thought, I reckon I can sort this with a nail file and some glue.
“Chris [coach] got us to this carpenter and he did exactly what I thought I was going to do. Got a file out, obviously a bigger one than a nail file, and this adhesive that dried in about 25 seconds.
“He sprayed it with some more adhesive and we manipulated it into being straight. We’ll see how it plays.”
Pang went on to qualify for the last-16 with a 5-3 win over Selt.
The 24-year-old is now one step closer to the lucrative £500,000 prize.
