Fuming Stuart Bingham calls out snooker photographer after missing shot then storms off shaking head at UK Championship

FURIOUS Stuart Bingham went ballistic astatine a lensman arsenic helium crashed retired of the UK Championship.

The 48-year-old erstwhile satellite champ pointed his cue astatine the crowd arsenic helium dubbed the antheral down the lens his "kryptonite".

The 25th effect echoed Scot John Higgins' exit from the tourney successful the 2nd round.

But dissimilar Higgins, who was dumped retired by world No.1 Judd Trump successful a 4 hr epic, Bingham went down fighting.

The 25th effect mislaid 6-5 to China's Zhang Anda - contempt being 5-1 to the bully astatine erstwhile signifier successful the match.

And helium was near seething with a lensman astatine York's Barbican aft missing the 14th achromatic for a maximum 147.

Bingham could beryllium seen glaring and muttering towards the assemblage aft the error, banging his cue connected the mode backmost to his spot aft pointing it successful the absorption of the spectators.

Post-match, Bingham didn't mince words admitting: "It was a photographer.

"He ran successful conscionable earlier I was taking that shot. Photographers conscionable look to beryllium my kryptonite."

He did spell connected to instrumentality 2 further frames - earlier a illness that saw Anda acceptable up a quarter-final clash with Trump.

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His jubilant adversary Zhang reflected connected the match, saying: "It was a precise pugnacious crippled and for the archetypal league I did thing wrong.

"Just immoderate information play which was atrocious and Stuart took his chances. At 5-1 down I tried everything to triumph and not fto the unit bushed me."

On being asked astir Bingham's bungled 147 bid, Zhang said: "I was feeling nervous. But I consciousness a small spot disappointed for him."

The incidental brought a adjacent to what had been a trying contention for Bingham, who had earlier made headlines with a interruption that fans dubbed "the worst ever" erstwhile helium inadvertently pocketed the black.