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Tuesday, 4 December 2012

UK Championship Day 2


Mark Joyce secured a recorded a huge upset in York by beating
world number one Judd Trump 6-5.
Mark Joyce made the headlines at The Barbican on Sunday after he battled back from 5-2 down to beat defending Champion Judd Trump 6-5. Trump looked at considerable ease in the early stages romping to a 3-0 lead but a nervous-looking Joyce snatched the last frame before the interval. Trump took a lengthy five after a long safety battle on the colours but Joyce made it 4-2 by winning frame six. Trump went within one of victory by securing the seventh but Joyce dug deep as his confidence built and he churned out three frames on the bounce to incredibly force a decider. A break of 49 in the final frame secured the Walsall man one of his most memorable career wins to date.
He will face Ali Carter in the last 16 after the Essex man beat veteran Steve Davis in the other afternoon match. The early stages of the match were slow-going but Carter managed to build up a 3-0 lead. His 55-year-old opponent won the fourth to go into the interval 3-1 down but Carter ran off the next two to go within a frame of victory. An excellent break of 85 gave Davis frame seven but it was only prolonging the inevitable as Carter won frame eight to seal the win.

Marco Fu impressed during his evening match against Mark Allen after he beat the world number eight 6-3. Fu got off to a fantastic start, winning three of the first four frames with breaks of 91, 131 and 121. The Hong Kong player extended his lead to 4-1 after the interval but Allen pulled two back to close the gap to 4-3. Fu though remained in control and won frames eight and nine for victory.
The other evening session match saw recent Premier League winner Stuart Bingham cruise to a 6-2 win over Jack Lisowski. The 21-year-old secured the first frame but Bingham fought back to win three on the bounce before the interval. Lisowski closed the gap to 3-2 in frame five but Bingham won another three consecutive frames to book a last 16 tie with Stephen Maguire.

Earlier in the day during the morning session, Shaun Murphy had beaten Robert Milkins 6-3. Although Milkins won the opening frame, Sale’s Murphy won the next three to lead 3-1 at the break. However the Gloucester man won two of the next three frames to trail only 4-3 but Murphy will play Graeme Dott in the next round after winning frames eight and nine.
The other morning match saw Mark Davis ease to a 6-1 victory over world number 65 Cao Yupeng. Davis was already 4-0 ahead at the interval and extended the lead to 5-0 although Cao avoided the whitewash by taking frame six. But Hastings man Davis secured a tie with John Higgins in the last 16 by taking frame seven.

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