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SNOOKER star Stuart Bingham was left grimacing after awkwardly injuring himself during a shot at the table.
But the Brit overcame the pain to complete a stunning comeback to beat Mark Selby 5-4 in a deciding frame at the World Grand Prix.
Stuart Bingham was left grimacing on live TV after awkwardly injuring himself
Bingham was taking a long pot across the table before he felt something go wrong
The former world champion immediately winced as he reset his leg
Bingham took it in his stride as he limped back to his chairThe 2015 world champion was 4-2 down to Selby in their quarter-final clash, when he seemingly hurt himself.
Bingham had to pull something out of the bag, with Selby one frame away from victory.
The Ballrun had racked up 34 points and opted against using a rest to instead lean across middle cushion to pot a long corner red.
But as he hit the far-reaching shot, the 48-year-old felt a slight pull on his standing leg.
As he returned to standing, Bingham immediately winced and began stretching and holding his groin area.
As the crowd applauded his pot, the commentator said: “He’s played it well… he seems to have done himself a mischief there.”
Bingham took it in his stride and smiled as the crowd laughed when he limped back to his corner for a swig of water to reset himself.
But despite the apparent injury, the world No23 mounted an incredible three-frame comeback to send Selby home.
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Bingham will play Judd Trump on Saturday for a place in the final after beating Mark Williams and Wu Yize earlier this week.
Trump whitewashed Hossein Vafaei 5-0 in their quarter-final, while Shaun Murphy will face Neil Robertson in the other semi-final.
Murphy overcame John Higgins 5-3, wile Robertson beat Xiao Guodong in the first match on Friday.
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins
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