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Some costly mistakes from Ryan Day, such as a missed black off the spot and also a pink off the spot!

 

He eventually stops the cueball going in off with his chalk, concedes and Ben Woollaston is level!

 

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Ding Junhui has withdrawn from this month's Tour Championship as a "safety precaution" and to "avoid extensive travel" from China.

 

The World Snooker Tour was working with the government to secure Ding an exemption from the 14-day quarantine policy for those arriving in the UK.

 

But the 33-year-old has decided not to travel, with his place in the eight-man event going to Scot Stephen Maguire.

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Snooker chief Jason Ferguson has confirmed his sport has no intention of reducing the size of this year's World Championship following the sport's successful return from coronavirus lockdown this week.

 

Eleven days of action in the Championship League in Milton Keynes saw Belgium's Luca Brecel emerge victorious late on Thursday night in one of the first domestic events to battle through the restrictions.

 

The rearranged World Championship is set to start behind closed doors at the Crucible at the end of July and Ferguson, who is chairman of the sport's governing body, the WPBSA, is adamant its integrity will remain intact.

 

Ferguson told the PA news agency: "One hundred and forty-four players will start out for the World Championship, and the challenge is to ensure the access is there for every player.

 

"We are working closely with the government, through our all-party parliamentary group, on how we can make these processes of quarantine work and we're waiting on the next stage of reopening as well.

 

"Whether or not we get huge crowds, the idea is to make sure that the World Championship is a true World Championship, that can be contested at the highest level with all the players who have earned the right to be there."

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Former snooker star and BBC commentator Willie Thorne has been placed into an induced coma in hospital after suffering respiratory failure.

 

The 66-year-old, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in March, was taken to hospital in Spain last week with dangerously low blood pressure.

 

Thorne reached two World Championship quarter-finals during his career.

 

A GoFundMe page set up to help pay for Thorne's treatment had passed £17,000 by Tuesday afternoon.

Former snooker star and BBC commentator Willie Thorne has been placed into an induced coma in hospital after suffering respiratory failure.

 

The 66-year-old, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in March, was taken to hospital in Spain last week with dangerously low blood pressure.

 

Thorne reached two World Championship quarter-finals during his career.

 

A GoFundMe page set up to help pay for Thorne's treatment had passed £17,000 by Tuesday afternoon.

Sadly, he died last night. RIP.

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Stephen Maguire leads Neil Robertson 3-1 at the interval.

 

The opening match of the Tour Championship has seen breaks of 108, 100, 86 and 58.

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What a fantastic performance from Stephen Maguire today. Didn’t qualify for this tournament originally and replaced Ding and played out of his skin! 6 century breaks and is through to the semi finals after beating Neil Robertson 9-5!
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Judd Trump currently 4-1 up against John Higgins in their Tour Championship quarter-final.

 

 

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Stephen Maguire beat world number one Judd Trump 9-6 to reach the final of the Tour Championship in Milton Keynes.

 

Their last-four meeting came just a day after Trump said he felt Maguire lacked the mentality and dedication to reach his true potential.

 

Maguire hit six tons in his quarter-final win over Neil Robertson but this was a scrappier victory.

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Stephen Maguire claimed his first ranking title in seven years, beating Mark Allen 10-6 in the final of the Coral Tour Championship in Milton Keynes.
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The World Championship is one of the events being used to test new guidelines for spectators so there will be some people in the audience when it starts on 31 July.
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Milton Keynes will host the first eight snooker events of the 2020-21 season at the Marshall Arena.

 

The venue staged the Championship League and the Tour Championship in June as the sport returned behind closed doors after lockdown.

 

Among the competitions that have been moved to the arena are the European Masters, the English Open and the Northern Irish Open.

 

It is not yet clear if fans will be able to attend the early-season events.

 

The Marshall Arena has the benefit of on-site accommodation, meaning everyone involved in the tournament can be contained at the complex.

 

World Snooker argues that, by selecting the venue as the sole host of the eight opening tournaments, it is minimising the risk of any event being cancelled as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the sporting calendar.

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Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry will receive an invitational tour card to play on the World Snooker Tour for the next two seasons.

 

The 51-year-old Scot, who won 36 ranking titles during his 27-year career, retired from the sport in 2012.

 

Jimmy White, Ken Doherty and James Wattana have also been awarded invitational tour cards.

 

"I'm excited to have the opportunity to enter some tournaments over the coming two seasons," said Hendry.

 

"I've always missed the buzz of competing and although I have no expectations in terms of performance, this felt like a good time to explore getting back to the table."

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