Barry Hawkins is beaten by Matthew Stevens in the second round of the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible
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Barry Hawkins’ hopes of a
quarter-final appearance at the World Snooker Championships were
ended on Monday night.
The Ditton cueman had already
beaten world number one Mark Selby in the first round and went into
the second session of his last-16 game leading Matthew Stevens 8-6
following Sunday’s play.
But Hawkins (pictured) had no
answer to Stevens in the latter stages as his opponent won seven of
the last 10 frames to take the match 13-11.
That denied Hawkins a first-ever
quarter-final appearance at the Crucible where Welshman Ryan Day
was awaiting the winner.
A 10-3 victory over top ranked
player Selby in the first round had got Hawkins’ tournament off to
a great start.
Selby was suffering with a neck
injury and Hawkins took full advantage.
Left-hander Hawkins, the world
number 22, then met Stevens in round two and looked on course for
another win.
Hawkins won the opening three
frames before Stevens levelled up the match at 3-3 with a 101 break
in frame six.
But the Kent potter held his nerve
and won the next three to ease into a 6-3 lead. Stevens kept in
touch and trailed by just two frames by the end of the session.
Monday proved to be a disappointing
day for Hawkins as he won just three more frames and Stevens made
breaks of 87 and 80 to win the match.
Tuesday, May 01 2012
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