Barry Hawkins eyes World Snooker Championships place
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by Luke Cawdell
Barry Hawkins is setting his sights on
another trip to the world-famous Crucible Theatre.
The Dartford cue-man will be hoping to
win a place in the World Snooker Championships, which start on
April 17, but must first overcome a qualifier on Monday in
Sheffield.
Hawkins has already made it through to
the championships four times and is still chasing a second round
place, having been eliminated in the opening round each time.
For now the 30-year-old is just
targeting a place at the showpiece and he is likely to face either
Tony Drago or Ian McCulloch in a one-match qualifying decider.
Hawkins’ preparations were hampered
after he picked up a bug in the week but he was expecting to be
back practising before the weekend. Last year he just scraped
through to the finals with a 10-9 victory over Welshman Daniel
Wells and he’s hoping for an easier passage this time around.
"That match was tougher than I
expected," he said. "I didn’t know too much about him but he played
very well. It was a tough one and hopefully this year I can win
more comfortably."
Wednesday, March 03 2010
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