JACK LISOWSKI finished off Mark Selby at the Northern Ireland Open by going all-out attack – because he was desperate for the toilet.
He slotted a daring red in a match-clinching break of 65 – just as he was weighing up grinding down four-time world champion Selby with a re-rack.
Lisowski, who won 4-2 to tee up a last-16 clash with Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, revealed: “I finished well at the end. I needed a wee, so I wanted to get out of there.
“I was going to play for a re-rack, I don’t know why I didn’t go to the toilet at 3-2. But yeah, good break.”
Fans love Lisowski, 34, because of his attacking style and he is determined to start lifting silverware soon – having never won a ranking event.
He revealed that he has been suffering at the table in recent weeks due to the sudden passing of his father in March.
Lisowski added: “It’s been up and down, it feels different now. I didn’t have a lot of fighting in the first few months but now I’m able to play.
“The first month I played without my dad, every frame I just felt so emotional, so I wish I didn’t.
“I wish I didn’t play for a bit but I just kept going.
“It’s tough to support me, because there’s so much heartbreak. Maybe if I won a few I’d get a few more fans.
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“When I’m on it, I can just look down the cue and I know where it’s going, it feels really easy.
“When I play bad, I haven’t got a clue what’s going on, it’s such a hard sport.”
