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Ding Junhui hits rare Wembley Maximum
(RTE News)
Updated: 2007-03-23 18:16 A delighted Ding said: 'I'm feeling really special to be the second player in Masters history to make a 147 break. 'When I got to the last red ball I was nervous and on the final black, so I was very happy to pot that.' Looking ahead to his second round match with Ebdon, who beat him 9-5 in the UK quarter-finals, Junhui added: 'I hope we will give the audience a very good game. 'I think I have a good chance and I will be trying my best. 'I never thought about winning this tournament before because everyone here are very professional players - and I hope now I can play at my best to have a chance.' It was Hamilton who started the better of the two players with a 59 break to take the opening frame of the pair's best-of-11 frame match. But Junhui hit back with runs of 50 and 61 to level matters. He won the next frame with a 78 break and then edged a scrappy fourth for a 3-1 interval advantage. Hamilton responded following the resumption with a 72 run, before Junhui showed his class. A 105 break made it 4-2, before his special maximum - which came in little over 14 minutes - made it 5-2 and one frame away from victory. Hamilton, a beaten semi-finalist at last season's Welsh Open, pocketed a 103 run to reduce his arrears. But it only delayed the inevitable as Junhui, with a break of 108, made sure there were four centuries in consecutive frames for a place in the next round of this year's ?432,000 event.
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