Davis defends 'boring' final

Snooker legend Steve Davis has hit back at criticism of the go-slow 888.com World Championship final between Graeme Dott and Peter Ebdon and insisted: “I don’t think it has damaged the game.”

Dott did not clinch his first world crown until 12.50 this morning, the latest ever finish to a final, and the 32-frame contest spanned nearly 14 hours, an average of 25 minutes per frame.