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Updated: 2005-04-26 09:56
Stevens and Murphy's Law rules in snooker champs

北京时间4月25日晚,斯诺克世锦赛在英国谢菲尔德继续进行八分之一的比赛,英格兰选手肖恩-墨菲13比8淘汰1998年世锦赛冠军、曾排名世界第一的苏格兰名将约翰-希金斯;六次世锦赛亚军左手将吉米-怀特5比13负于名将马休-斯蒂文斯,无缘八强。

 

 Shaun Murphy in the match.Former world champions Mark Williams of Wales and Scotland's John Higgins were sensationally knocked out of the 2005 renewal.(AFP)

Matthew Stevens of Wales knocked Jimmy White out of the World Snooker Championships with 'the Whirlwind' blaming his atrocious play on the 13-5 second round defeat.

In other Monday action qualifier Shaun Murphy shocked 1998 champion John Higgins 13-8.

Murphy, leading 9-7 overnight, won four out of the next five frames to book a last eight encounter with Steve Davis.

Stevens, the number six seed, went into Monday's session with a yawning 12-4 lead but White, six times a runner-up here, gave his fans hope when knocking in a frame-winning break of 68.

But a missed long green early in frame 18 proved to be White's final shot of the tournament, Stevens compiling a 69 to book his ticket into the quarter-finals.

"In a way there was quite a bit of pressure on me today because I wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible," said Stevens, who was beaten in the final by compatriot Mark Williams five years ago.

"Jimmy had beaten me the last couple of times we had played, but I felt confident going into the match and was really up for it."

White had failed to make a half-century in the opening two sessions and could not understand why he had performed so poorly.

"I'm just devastated that I didn't take my practice form onto the match table," said the 42-year-old Londoner.

"There had been little signs of me playing okay when I beat Fergal O'Brien in the first round.

"I think I should have gone home between the two matches. I didn't get enough practice up here and missed my usual routine.

"Last night I was just atrocious. I couldn't hit the right side of the ball and I was stabbing at shots.

"I thought I had a chance of winning this year but I didn't produce my form at all. Hopefully I will be ranked in the top eight next season though, so I've a lot to look forward to."

Monday night's play concerns Peter Ebdon and Stephen Lee, deadlocked at 8-8, and Ian McCulloch, who leads 9-7 in his second round match against former world champion Mark Williams.

(Agencies)

Vocabulary:
 

atrocious: extremely bad(糟透的,恶劣的)

frame: a round or period of play in some games, such as bowling and billiards(一局,一回合一些游戏(如保龄球与台球)的一局或一回合)
 

 
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