China's Ding Junhui suffered a very surprising 6-5 defeat against world number 100 James Cahill in the third round of the UK Championship in York. Ding was 5-1 down, fought back to make it 5-5 but his opponent produced a solid last frame to win the match.
"When I missed the chance to win 6-1, he started coming back at me, and it's the worst feeling in the world," Cahill told World Snooker after the match against Ding. "In the last frame I expected him to win in one visit, but after he missed I played a solid frame. My family went through the emotions as much as I did." Cahill is the nephew of former world champion Stephen Hendry.
Meanwhile, Ronnie O'Sullivan eased past Ben Woollaston with an easy 6-2 victory to reach the last 16. Defending champion Neil Robertson also had a comfortable victory, 6-2 against Peter Ebdon. The Australian delivered breaks of 108, 84, 74 and 78, showing he is in great form.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the favourite to win this year's UK Championship, he is 15/8 at Bet365 to retain the title while Neil Robertson is 9/2 and Judd Trump is 7/2.
timidi 9 years ago
I am not big fan of snooker but when I am bored I like to watch any sport and you can find this on eurosport. And of course I always cheering for underdogs. So I am happy when something like this happens. Congratulations for young James Cahill he is my new favorite in snooker :)
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kkole 9 years ago
This was great match for James Cahill and I think that this is best thing which could happend to him. He is have only 18 years old and he won agains world number one Ding Junhui, I mean that doesn't happend so often. Congratulations to James and I hope that he will won this tournament becouse he showed us that he is future...
This was great match for James Cahill and I think that this is best thing which could happend to him. He is have only 18 years old and he won agains world number one Ding Junhui, I mean that doesn't happend so often. Congratulations to James and I hope that he will won this tournament becouse he showed us that he is future of snooker.
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sharpe
9 years ago
I think James Cahill is a future big player in snooker, maybe the next Steve Davis.The boy has everything, both mentally and technically.In the last frame against Ding he played some amazing shots with no fear at all.I am already big fan of his and wish him great success in the future, which I have no doubt because he...
I think James Cahill is a future big player in snooker, maybe the next Steve Davis.The boy has everything, both mentally and technically.In the last frame against Ding he played some amazing shots with no fear at all.I am already big fan of his and wish him great success in the future, which I have no doubt because he is only 19 years old.
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