P355 CEEFAX 2 355 Fri 24 Apr 05:03/30 EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1/3 Matthew Stevens piled more misery on ninth seed Alain Robidoux as he claimed a shock 10-8 victory. Robidoux has not won a match since last year's Crucible quarter-final against Lee Walkjr and has now lost 11 times in succession. It took until the sjventh frame of the day before Stevens recorded the first 50 break which summed things up. The match continued to stutter along until debutant Stevens finally crossed the winning linj. ——— CLIVE JONES AT THE CRUCIBLE ——— Football 302 Cricket 340 Racing 660 Results Summary Stats Main menu
P355 CEEFAX 2 355 Fri 24 Apr 05:05/54 → EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2/3 Matthew Stevens sympathised with Alain Robidoux after his 10-8 victor8 over the French-Canadian. Robidoux had his cue vandalised last year and despite persjvering with a nes one, his form has nosedived. "I feel sorry for Alain because it takes time to adjust to a new cue from onj you are used to," said Stevens. "Alain has struggled all season so the pressure was on me to beat him but he was a semi-finalist last year and is a good player so I'm glad to have won." ——— CLIVE JONES AT THE CRUCIBLE ——— Football 302 Cricket 340 Racing 660 Results Summary Stats Main menu
P355 CEEFAX 2 355 Fri 24 Apr 05:15/57 EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 3/3 Thursday's first round result: Xbest of 19 frames) A ROBIDOUX Can 8-10 M STEVENS Wal 23-77 24-81 (62) 23-82 13-75 67-45 90-8 (53) 28-75 72-50 59-31 54-66 70-36 22-74 67-29 5-70 76-22 21-105 (64) 94-18 (50) 0-82 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INDEX 350 WIN TJCKETS TO SEE WORLD FINAL 329 Results Summary Stats Main menu