Emotional Steve Davis receives hero’s send-off at the Crucible

Steve Davis admitted it was no hardship to retire from snooker as the six-time world champion brought his career to a fitting close at the Crucible.

Practice had become onerous, results were hard to reconcile with the greatness of Davis in his peak years, and the 58-year-old said picking up his cue once in a while had become "just habit really".