Hendry 's trusty cue is smashed

Stephen Hendry faces an anxious wait to see if his world championship-winning cue can be saved after it was smashed as the Scotsman returned from Thailand.

The 34-year-old back from Bangkok on board a Thai Airways flight when his cue - which helped him win seven world titles – was damaged, possibly beyond repair.

Hendry said: “As soon as we touched down in London they contacted me and said my cue had been damaged.

“They don’t do that when it’s just a scratch – so right away I feared the worst.

“When I eventually got my cue in Glasgow, the case was held together with tape – and the cue looked like a shepherds crook.

“The butt-end is broken in two. I just don’t know if it can be repaired but it’s in the right hands now.

“I’ve had the cue since I was 14. It cost 40 quid then, but I couldn’t put a price on it now.”