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HENDRY FINALLY SHAKES OFF STEVENS
17 Jan 2007 17:13:00

A relieved Stephen Hendry triumphed in a thriller at the SAGA Insurance Masters today despite giving up a seemingly insurmountable lead against Matthew Stevens.

Six-times Wembley champion Hendry looked to be sailing into the quarter-finals of snooker's most presitigious invitation tournament when he led Stevens 5-0.

But the Welshman, champion in 2000, battled back brilliantly to 5-5 and threatened to become the only player in the 32-year history of the event to win 6-5 after losing the first five frames.

It was not to be for Stevens, however, as world No 1 Hendry regrouped to take the deciding frame and progress to a match with Shaun Murphy or Steve Davis.

Hendry came from 36-1 down to win the first frame on the blue then added the second after Stevens had missed the last red at 54-47.

The Scot found his break-building range with 64, 80 and 76 for a commanding lead.

But 14th seed Stevens stormed back with superb runs of 103, 88, 103 and 61 to force a gripping decider.

Contributions of 19 and 41 put Hendry in control. Stevens still had a chance in the balls at 59 points down with 59 on the table, but he missed the black after potting his first red red and conceded.

"As I said to Matthew afterwards, I wouldn’t have been gutted to lose because he played so well to come back," said Hendry. "He turned into a different player at 5-0.

"My first chance came at 5-3 which I made a mess of, the next came at 5-4 and I had a chance of pinching it. But really from 5-0 to 5-5 I had precious little to play with.

"I was just delighted to get a couple of chances in the last frame. It’s very rare you don’t get a single chance in a final frame decider, you just have to keep your concentration and pot some balls."

Stevens said: "If I'd had one good chance in the last frame I would have made a break. I played well to come back and put him under pressure. Obviously I'm disappointed to have lost in the end.

"I’m happy with the way I’m playing and looking forward to the rest of the season."
© 2006 World Snooker

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Authorities in gesture of support to O'Sullivan
Phil Yates

Ronnie O’Sullivan will not face disciplinary action for refusing to attend a supposedly mandatory press conference at the SAGA Insurance Masters. In fact, he has apparently been given unprecedented official permission to ignore media commitments during the high-profile event.
A statement issued by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the sport’s governing body, revealed that because of “ongoing difficulties in his personal life” O’Sullivan would be “excused from fulfilling normal contractual requirements with the media”.

Sir Rodney Walker, the WPBSA chairman, took this controversial path after he and O’Sullivan had lunch last week, when the player explained why he had walked out of the Maplin UK Championship last month when trailing Stephen Hendry only 4-1 in their best-of-17-frames match.
The WPBSA communiqué said: “Sir Rodney informed the chair of the disciplinary committee of his decision at the start of the tournament. He is convinced that to expose Ronnie to the added pressures of exposure to the media at the moment would not be in the best interests of the player.”

No other player, unless ill, has been given such a dispensation and the question is why it was not announced before O’Sullivan beat Ali Carter 6-1 on Tuesday. The chances of O’Sullivan being punished for his early departure from York would seem to have diminished.

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MAO пишет:

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УГРОЗА ОНКОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ЗАБОЛЕВАНИЯ ELAINE DOTT.

ВСЕ В ПОРЯДКЕ, УГРОЗА НЕ ПОДТВЕРДИЛАСЬ !!!

http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_news(id18407)-57.htm

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