Stephen Hendry endures ‘snooker meltdown’ as stunned ex-Premier League football ace asks ‘what was that?’
SNOOKER legend Stephen Hendry had a moment he probably won’t want to see again.
Let alone his 285,000 YouTube subscribers!
Seven-time world champion Hendry, 55, still competes on the professional circuits and is currently out in China for a series of exhibitions.
But he’s also become a hugely popular YouTube star, with his channel Stephen Hendry’s Cue Tips amassing 285,000 followers on the platform.
The channel sees Hendry, who is also a TV pundit, welcome a host of familiar faces for interviews and a range of snooker-based challenges.
Snooker heroes such as Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Williams and Ken Doherty have appeared, as well as an array of football stars.
Tottenham and England midfielder James Maddison recently appeared, while ex-Man Utd goalkeeper Ben Foster is also another previous guest.
The most recent footballer to appear is Jimmy Bullard.
The popular former Wigan and Fulham midfielder joined Hendry on the latest episode of the series.
And it saw Hendry and Bullard, 45, attempt to make a 100 break together.
With the balls lined up along the table, the duo attempted to make a ton playing alternate shots.
The century break, of course, requires 25 consecutive balls to be potted and is regarded as snooker’s finest skill.
Hendry is no stranger to a 100 break, but he had an absolute nightmare here.
After Bullard failed to pot the black, the duo regrouped for another attempt with the balls reset on the table.
Hendry sunk a red before Bullard potted the pink to bring the total to seven – still a long way off the 100 target!
With an array of reds to choose from – all looking like simple pots – Hendry chose his target – moments after telling Bullard: “If I leave golf alone for six or seven weeks, I can come back and play well. If I leave this alone, I’m all over the place.”
And how those words quickly rang true!
That’s because Hendry endured what he referred to as a “snooker meltdown.”
The seven-time world champ got the simple shot all wrong, sending the red bouncing off of the cushion and missing going in by a fair distance.
Hendry’s face immediately turned to embarrassment as Bullard asked: “Are you okay?”
Both men begin to laugh as Bullard adds “what were you looking at?”
Hendry covers his face and bursts into laughter as Bullard quizzes “is it a breakdown?”
They give chasing the ton another go, and it gets closer!
But after subsequent attempts get to 30 and 36, they call it a day.
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