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Third Round
Stephen Hendry, Scotland (1) 9-2 Gary Wilkinson (23)
94-0 (53), 60-58, 114-17 (100), 10-67, 147-0 (147), 91-1 (91),
1-116 (65,51), 77-14 (52), 66-54, 105-35 (105), 100-25 (96)
Stephen Hendry became the first player to make three
maximum breaks in competition with a 147 in his third round match with Gary Wilkinson.
The Scot had to sink a difficult long red into the green pocket and pull off a fine cut on the
black to get to the last red but made it all look easy. It took him just nine minutes 53 seconds to
compile the break. With the two other centuries he made, his tally of tons for the championship is
seven. That means he's made 18 this season and 316 in his career.
Hendry will receive a 25 000 Pounds bonus for this break.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 9-2 Chris Small, Scotland (62)
86-27 (61), 81-36, 64-20, 100-5 (94), 70-49, 32-90 (61), 90-48, 80-0
(80), 62-70 (56 O'Sullivan), 97-15, 69-46
Confident Ronnie O'Sullivan reached the last eight
in Preston and boasted: "I have more ability than anyone left in the tournament." "If I'm playing
well I can say I have won the tournament even before it started. That's how confident I feel."
Mark J Williams, Wales (39) 9-6 John Parrott (4)
73-9 (59), 55-54 (55), 51-35, 38-91, 55-34, 0-82 (82), 63-51, 74-58
(50 Williams), 79-1, 24-94, 79-23 (54), 61-68, 40-62, 90-16 (54), 12-66
Andy Hicks (17) 9-8 James Wattana, Thailand (5)
24-77 (76), 18-92, 100-38 (100), 56-63, 65-38, 72-36 (65), 97-0 (97),
50-58, 66-53 (52 Wattana), 137-0 (137), 77-6 (64), 45-73, 4-79, 78-29 (77),
0-96 (94), 0-99 (52), 67-56 (56, 67)
John Higgins, Scotland (11) 9-6 Jimmy White (7)
80-46 (55), 7-92 (66), 71-8 (53), 87-16 (77), 64-38, 4-129 (83),
38-84 (64), 76-16, 33-73 (66), 81-54 (73)
This was Jimmy White's second successive defeat for
John Higgins. Higgins also defeated him in last month's
Skoda Grand Prix.
Ken Doherty, Ireland (9) 9-1 Dennis Taylor, N. Ireland (32)
112-9 (94), 73-43, 77-50, 75-0 (74), 84-0, 127-1 (113), 121-5 (58),
36-55, 88-25, 70-36
Peter Ebdon (10) 9-5 Stephen Lee (37)
38-79, 68-43, 75-27 (75), 33-81, 1-85 (61), 83-1 (83), 76-37 (66),
66-12 (50), 29-98 (94), 62-51, 75-16 (75), 71-23 (63), 10-64 (64),
79-59 (Lee 59)
Nigel Bond (12) 9-2 Wayne Jones, Wales (57)
55-29, 68-28, 72-33, 73-37, 70-40, 91-31, 39-55, 14-69, 94-21 (94),
75-22 (68), 65-64
