Stephen Hendry has seen a brand new facet of a few of snooker’s greatest names throughout his punditry position at The Crucible
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Snooker star Stephen Hendry has been again on punditry responsibility for the 2026 World Snooker Championship and has already seen variations in comparison with his personal days as a participant. The Scot has seen a relaxed ambiance with gamers laughing and joking with each other – one thing which he doesn’t keep in mind being a characteristic when he was amongst these vying for glory at The Crucible. Hendry, 57, received all seven of his world titles within the 90s. His final look in the primary draw got here in 2012, although he misplaced in qualifying as just lately as 2023, and he has extra just lately been seen as a part of the BBC commentary group.
“I principally simply checked out my ft and tried to maintain in my very own area, making an attempt not to take a look at something,” Hendry advised Metro. “If Steve [Davis] was there, he’d be pacing up and down. Everybody would have their very own factor. It’s humorous, you watch Ronnie [O’Sullivan] and he does the identical factor each time. He disappears down the hall after which comes again up. I’m amazed to see quite a lot of gamers chatting and laughing and joking earlier than, which I simply can’t consider. I tended to simply look down, take a look at my ft and never transfer till my title is known as.”
It’s not simply the behaviour of gamers of their interactions with each other which has stunned Hendry. He additionally witnessed a shot from Gary Wilson within the opening spherical which he was prepared to declare one of the best of the match.
“You will not see a greater positional shot for the remainder of the Championship.” Hendry stated after Wilson acquired issues proper in fashion towards Judd Trump. It wasn’t sufficient for the qualifier to trigger a shock towards the world No.2, although, with Trump prevailing 10-5.
The primary 11 matches within the opening spherical to complete had been all received by the seeded gamers. These included reigning champion Zhao Xintong towards Liam Highfield and 2024 champ Kyren Wilson towards Stan Moody.
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