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Two snooker icons, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Steve Davis. Two men

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who have ruled the game but M very different eras. It is not terribly

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often that the two of the meet face-to-face in the final stages of

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a major championship such as this. So when it does happen, like this

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afternoon, it is an occasion to The market is flying! I think this

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is the first tournament I have qualified for in this year in the

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ranking events. It is getting harder and harder to qualify. I

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have got to courage played two matches to get through to the final

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stages and knocking on the doors of playing three if I don't call my

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finger out. -- pull my finger out. You don't -- if you don't enjoy

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playing against Ronnie O'Sullivan, you should give up. I just enjoy

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playing, whether it is Steve or... It doesn't make it that much

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It is nice to be back in York. It is an excellent venue. I think all

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the players were happy and enjoyed the atmosphere around you. I

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believe ticket sales are going through the roof. It doesn't matter

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who I play, really. It was The Nugget, Davis, who got off to a

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flying start. But then the Rocket claimed it. It is one a piece as we

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join them. Steve at the table It might be one you have to risk

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That is what he has done, played it right over the hole. I don't

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understand that. Steve obviously thought he could market to the top

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cushion. -- not kick it to the top He can just about dig into this. A

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little bit too much. He can play it's low around the back of the

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He did not want the kiss on the pink. That makes it a little bit

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awkward now. The most important thing now is to get good position

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on the awkward, and that is the This is where being left-handed can

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help. But where is the brown going? He may have snookered himself here.

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Steve is having a look. He may not be able to get through to the

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yellow. Good luck? Bad luck? This yellow is tough if he is taking the

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Absolutely wonderful. The flick on the brown gave him the opportunity

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to play that shot but, boy, what He had no reason to play it at that

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pace but he gave one of the best That is part and parcel of snooker.

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Winning on a fluke. That yellow was something else! That is the frame

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over now and Ronnie prose is cue on the table. A frame that could have

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gone either way. -- Ronnie puts his cue.

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HAZEL IRVINE: So far, it has been a very grossing -- end grossing and

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tactical encounter. Both are The blue has always been there when

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it is on its spot and he will have been very disappointed to catch

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that there. Whoever invented this game, how did they know where to

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He has not got his cueing arm going yet but to play at that pace,

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knowing if you miss it, you are The way he has played that, the

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black will obviously pot into the The fact he was low on that black

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means he had to risk spotting. He Unless the black pots in the right

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hand corner, which it does not look The pink should pot. It clearly

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He has certainly got his game face on, matters for sure. -- that is

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All these little cannons he plays to hold the cue ball, that is the

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art of break-building. You always need to play the cannons to slow

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He is close to taking a 3-1 This is the highest break of the

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This should be enough, you would Ronnie floated a nice opening red

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in and the rest has looked like a The highest break in the tournament

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so far is a 140, by Matthew Stevens. He is awesome around the balls, Ore.

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That is his 569th competitive Ronnie almost looks back to his

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This is the 11th century already in the tournament this year. A good

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shot needed now! Hey! You want one, He has just played exhibition

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snooker there. He struggled early on but in the end, Ronnie shows his

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class with a great break. HAZEL IRVINE: He won the next with

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a break of 97 and then went 5-1 up. He needs just one more frame to go

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He has played the pot cushion first and he will be on the blue. That

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last shot will definitely be Steve's last, you would have

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We saw Stephen Hendry go out yesterday. He was the five-time

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Ronnie O'Sullivan could be the man to better both of them. This was

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the first tournament Ronnie ever won, wasn't it? I think he was 17

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Fair play to Ronnie. He has competed at every stage in the game

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Steve has matched him in most parts A wonderful positional shot from

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Ronnie. He has cued really well in this match. I know we can talk

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about the demise of Steve Davis and whether he will be back, but this

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is certainly laying down a marker for everybody else in the

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tournament. Ronnie came here, looked focused. Long may it

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continue. He will take some Not bothered about the black!

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Shakes hand of Steve. Steve says, very well played. Ronnie O'Sullivan

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in superb form and has treated this Barbican Centre crowd to some

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wonderful snooker and goes out of the arena and leaves the stage for

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Steve Davis and will get a great reception when he leaves. Steve

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Davis, possibly for the last time ever in a UK Championship. But

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Ronnie O'Sullivan wins 6-1. Earlier on, I was enjoying it. I had a few

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problems. I fluked a red across in the first frame but Ronnie returned

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the compliment with the brown. But then played such a great yellow

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from the jaws of the green pocket. And then he took off and I lost

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touch. Any mistakes I made were magnified. It wasn't easy. I had to

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fight for my opportunities when I got a monks the balls. -- when I

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got among axed. But your opponent can then get in and do damage as

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well. You have to be concentrating all the time. I said to Ronnie, you

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are cueing so well. I have never seen him cue better than that. It

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really is striking. This format, best of 11, suits him. Steve, no

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plans to retire, obviously. He will be back with us minus cue tomorrow.

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And now, Ronnie will play either Dominic Dale or Judd Trump tomorrow.

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Welshman Ryan Day could not live with Mark Selby and surrendered 6-0.

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His top break was only four. However, Mark Selby knocked in a

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century and three other breaks. needed to put him under pressure.

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The first frame could have gone either way but then after that, I

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seemed to play really well and put him under pressure from the second

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frame onwards. Mark Selby will now meet Marco Fu, who has come back

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from behind. He now has a run of four frames in a row. It was enough

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to knock out Stuart Bingham. Marco is through. I was playing OK. It

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could have been 3-1 up to me so I was not terrible. I need to be able

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to keep myself composed and be patient through the whole match. I

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was able to produce some pretty good snooker towards the end of so

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it was quite satisfying. And a scrappy match at times, but Ali

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Carter came through. The only way it there after was the way of the

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Essex pro, who cleaned up at 6-4. Disappointed to miss some easy

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balls and give Rob some easy chances. Frustrating but it is also

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the first big event for quite a few months. You don't want to be going

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home after the first round, so just delighted to get through. And this

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evening, the bookish and diminutive Martin Gould enters the arena to a

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motor head track and performs his new top 16 status to see off the

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Sheffield man, was a surprise newcomer to this event a few years

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ago. Martin Gould, a 6-2 winner today. This is the time of year we

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traditionally start looking for a star in the East, and one of those

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is rising. He is a 19-year-old left-hander from China and he was

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the stand out graduate from his school. Already on his first season,

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he has beaten the likes of John Higgins, Mark Williams and Judd

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Trump. He had to win three of qualifying matches to be here in

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York, and this evening, his sets were on Downing t former world and

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UK champion Shaun Murphy. -- down in the former world and UK champion.

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We are now into the eighth frame and it is Murphy to play, eight

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points behind. John Parrott and John Virgo in charge in the

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A good opportunity here for Shaun. He doesn't yet have to move that

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Just a bit short of pace, asking for the cue ball to be cleaned. So

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It did sound a little bit funny. Maybe Shaun was just a little bit

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But then he did and screw it enough. Still a couple of loose reds he can

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He has just come a little straight on this. I don't know how much

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Just enough to play a cannon, but Can he get through to that red? He

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needed to catch it more fully. I think if he could, he would have

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played it by now. Looks like end of He will be disappointed with the

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end of that. Just one of those things. He was in the balls but did

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A good target behind the yellow and brown here. Which is where he has

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Don't know whether he has left a It was just a matter of getting the

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angle right, which he has done. He made sure he missed the reds on the

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way back, which was a priority. But another chance to get behind the

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Not for the first time in playing a safety, he has caught the blue.

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That could be costly if he can knock the red straight into the

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left corner. If he knocks the red in, he is bound to be on the pink

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or even the black. Possibly a big chance in this frame and even the

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Well done. He has given himself a Those three roads to the left of

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the pink are a little bit tricky. - He is not on the pink, so if he

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pots that the black, where is the next red coming from? He could pot

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the black and screw over to the What a great shot that was.

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could not fault that, could do? And he is nicely on the green. Still

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got a problem with those three reds. Because the pink is in the position

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it is in, I do not think he will be able to play a cannon. He will have

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to play for that red on the left That was brilliant, and I know we

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have been giving him some stick for his safety play. That was very good

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The only slight problem is the red that is closest to be cushion. --

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But was a very positive shot. An opportunity to flick the other red

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out. This is a brilliant He has given his opponent lots of

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opportunities, Opportunities that other players will take. He is

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going to have to sharpen up his game, Shaun, if he is going to go

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all the way in this tournament. He But for a couple of snookers, he

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will be one frame a way. That was enough to pot the world No. 5 in

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sight of the finishing line. So, could he finished the job in frame

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You could not ask for better. There What a chance of this is for frame

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and match. - Mark this is. -- This All the of this side of be pink or

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If he can get rid of the red closest to the top cushion, which

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might stop the black, it will then be available to both corners. He

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could not have a better chance than Well, he has just not gone far

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enough. I don't think he will be going for the black off of this red.

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He must be disappointed. �15,000 is Well, that is not to plan. He

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slipped through all the reds. 58 ahead, but he is still looking

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for two colours to be safe in this Shaun must be bemused by some of

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his play this afternoon. Some of it has been top class and the rest,

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well, he should be standing in the Not ideal on the pink, but I am

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sure he realises this is his last chance in this match. One more

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mistake and he is out of the UK He is not out of this. He might be

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50 behind, but you could not ask for the balls to be in a better

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He could not afford to miss that. It will be an experience he will

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hopefully learned a lot from. He has obviously got ability and he

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has had chances. That will probably It will be a learning curve for the

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young man. You learn more in defeat His safety play will have to go up

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a notch or two if he is going to Shaun Murphy has won, but he will

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have to do better if he wants to win this UK Championship for the

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second time. But he wins tonight and that is the main thing. I could

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see from his game he was capable. He showed us he will be big time in

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a few years. I have prepared well for this tournament and whatever

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happens, I have bought 100 % in. Over last couple of months I had

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been working hard on and off the table. I am in good form, hitting

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the ball well. We are rattling through these matches. Here is a

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