Dott trails to Gray at UK Championship

David Gray, who made a maximum 147 break at the Travis Perkins UK Championship last week, was on course to continue his memorable tournament by reaching the semi-finals tonight.

The 14th seed led 5-3 after the opening session against World Championship runner-up Graeme Dott and was certainly the more fluent player having recorded breaks of 74, 71 twice, 61 and 53.