Sheriff of Pottingham on receiving end of in-form Hendry

STEPHEN HENDRY gave himself a night off by trouncing Anthony Hamilton 13-3 with a session to spare to reach the quarter-finals of the Embassy World Championship.

The Scot, title winner a record seven times, is the first man into the last eight, even though his performance peaked with a break of 108 in the match’s opening frame.

His form suffered primarily from then on because it was too easy, the ‘Sheriff of Pottingham’ offering token resistance. When Hendry saw the chance to close out the contest ahead of schedule he gratefully took it.