Match-fixing investigation is ’embarrassing’ for snooker – Steve Davis

Three-time Masters champion Davis told BBC Sport: "If the allegations are proven to be true, it shows a breathtaking level of stupidity by these players, but this is still to be developed."

Steve Davis is not impressed with claims of alleged match-fixing in snooker (Steven Paston/PA)

Snooker great Steve Davis has described the ongoing investigation into alleged match-fixing as “embarrassing” for the sport, and says any player found guilty of the offence will have shown a “breathtaking level of stupidity”.

This year’s Masters tournament got under way at Alexandra Palace on Sunday without Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, who are two of 10 Chinese players currently suspended from the tour pending the outcome of a probe by the sport’s world governing body, the WPBSA.