Relieved Hendry survives brilliant Stevens fightback

SIX-TIME winner Stephen Hendry avoided rewriting the record books for all the wrong reasons at the SAGA Insurance Masters yesterday afternoon.

The Scot came close to becoming the first person to ever lose a Masters match having led 5-0.

But in a final-frame decider with Welshman Matthew Stevens, the 38-year-old held his frayed nerves.