Stevens triumphs in scrappy game to reach Bahrain final

Rejuvenated Welshman Matthew Stevens is through to his first ranking event final since the 2005 World Championship after seeing off seven-time Crucible champion Stephen Hendry in the semi-final of the Bahrain Snooker Championship today.

The 31-year-old ’Welsh Wizard’ claimed what Hendry described as a “very low-scoring, slow, boring, scrappy” match 6-4.