BBC snooker commentator Steve Davis calls for major change to table after shocking shot at UK Championship
STEVE DAVIS called for a major change to a snooker table during a UK Championship clash.
The snooker legend, 67, is working for the BBC as a pundit for the first of the sport’s Triple Crown events this season.
However, during coverage of the round two match between Zhang Anda and Stuart Bingham, Davis called for a big change after seeing a shot from Bingham.
In the eighth frame of the contest with Bingham 2-5 ahead, the 48-year-old hit a soft shot towards the yellow.
However, the cue ball ended up veering slightly off to the side, which was enough to see it roll past the yellow without hitting it due to the little amount of power used.
Reacting to the shot, Davis – a six-time world champion and four-time UK Championship winner – said: “This table needs to be releveled if that’s happening.”
It saw Bingham, 48, give up four penalty points to Zhang, before the World No.11 went on to win the frame 82-2.
Bingham eventually went on to lose the match 6-5 from a 5-1 lead.
Earlier in the game he pointed his cue at a photographer and later branded him as his “kryptonite” for distracting him after fluffing the chance to score a maximum break of 147.
After the game he said: “It was a photographer.
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“He ran in just before I was taking that shot. Photographers just seem to be my kryptonite.”
After setting up a quarter-final against World No.1 Judd Trump, Zhang, 32, said: “It was a very tough game and for the first session I did nothing wrong.
“Just some safety play which was bad and Stuart took his chances.
“At 5-1 down I tried everything to win and not let the pressure beat me.”
The last eight clash between Zhang and Trump takes place from 1pm today.
You can get live updates from the game with SunSport’s live blog here.
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