Snooker: UK Championship te York van 4/12 tot 17/12.

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Superb Perry thumps Judge in York

Joe Perry booked his place in the second round of the UK Championship after completing a comprehensive 9-1 victory over Michael Judge. The 31-year-old from Cambridgeshire, who has reached the semi-finals for the last two years, led 7-1 overnight after breaks of 125, 93, 75, 74, 66 and 60. And he needed only 26 minutes on Tuesday to complete the victory.

"The damage was done on Monday when I played exceptionally well; it's nice to win comfortably for a change," he said. "I've won a lot of matches here in the last two years and the easiest was 9-6, so it's a bit of a rarity for me. It seems to work out that I do well here. I don't come up here expecting to repeat my feats of the year before but I really like the city and the surroundings."

England's Mike Dunn also reached the second round after a 9-5 victory over James Wattana while Dave Harold fired a break of 102 in the final frame to beat Robert Milkins 9-7. Harold will now take on Stephen Hendry in the next round on Saturday, which will be his 40th birthday.

"It's been a long time coming," said the world number 35. "Before this I had only qualified for two venues in the last 14 months, which was last season's Grand Prix and World Championship, so I must admit it feels nice."

Scot Jamie Burnett will play Steve Davis in the second round on Thursday after hitting two centuries in a 9-3 victory over Andy Hicks, while Joe Swail meets 2004 champion Stephen Maguire after prevailing 9-7 against Joe Delaney. Alan McManus maintained his encouraging start to the season with a 9-5 win over fellow Scot Marcus Campbell.

The 35-year-old Glaswegian reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix in October after a disastrous 2005-06 campaign and looks to be re-discovering the form that kept him in the world's top 16 for 14 years. "It was a bit of a local derby, that game," said McManus, who meets former world champion Shaun Murphy for the first time in the next round. "When you are 4-0 up you can start protecting the lead a little bit, and that's what I was doing."

Ricky Walden will play Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round after a 9-6 victory over Ian McCulloch. And Rod Lawler finally emerged a 9-7 winner after a marathon encounter with Anthony Hamilton. His reward is a meeting with Stephen Lee on Wednesday.


Joe Swail 9-7 Joe Delaney
Ian McCulloch 6-9 Ricky Walden
Alan McManus 9-5 Marcus Campbell
Andy Hicks 3-9 Jamie Burnett
Nigel Bond 5-9 Robin Hull
Anthony Hamilton 7-9 Rod Lawler
Joe Perry 9-1 Michael Judge
James Wattana 5-9 Mike Dunn
Robert Milkins 7-9 Dave Harold

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O'Sullivan locked in tough battle

Ronnie O'Sullivan was locked at 4-4 with Ricky Waldon after the first session of their second round match at the UK Championship in York. Walden, the world number 36, stormed into a 2-0 lead with breaks of 80 and 67 but O'Sullivan showed his class with a ton and two half-centuries to level. O'Sullivan rallied again to lead 4-3 but a break of 58 from Walden ensured parity going into Thursday's action.

Last year's shock finalist Steve Davis was also level 4-4 with Jamie Burnett. Davis looked in fine touch as he took a 3-1 lead but the world number 54 took three of the last four frames. The other three matches in the afternoon session also ended all-square. Gerard Greene won the last three frames to level with Mark Williams at 4-4.

Stephen Lee and Rod Lawler, and Stephen Maguire, the 2004 champion, and Joe Swail also shared their eight frames. Scotsman Scott Mackenzie needed just one frame on Wednesday evening to complete a 9-0 whitewash of Michael Holt. The 26-year-old from Renfrewshire reeled off eight straight frames in the opening session, including a 109 break in the second frame. He will now meet world champion Graeme Dott in the second round.

Matthew Stevens was also in a strong position against David Gray, leading 6-2 after their opening session. Peter Ebdon was tied at 4-4 with Mark Selby, as were Ali Carter and Stuart Bingham, while Joe Perry was 5-3 up on Barry Hawkins.

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Op woensdag 6 december 2006 23:43 schreef zjroentje het volgende:
Morgen eindelijk het echte werk!

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Op donderdag 7 december 2006 09:43 schreef zjroentje het volgende:

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En dat hebben we geweten. !

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Op donderdag 7 december 2006 18:22 schreef zjroentje het volgende:
Van een leien dakje!