Marco Fu staged a fine comeback to defeat Ali Carter 9-7 and secure his place in the UK Championship final. Fu had been trailing 4-1 at one stage, and was 5-3 down at the first session interval, before ultimately prevailing. Hong Kong’s Fu, who compiled breaks of 104, 106 and 136 in the first nine frames, won four frames in a row from 6-4 down as the momentum shifted.

Today, 20th December, 2008 – Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy will play for the 2nd place in Sunday’s Final match. Today 2nd Semi Final match will start from 1400 GMT and 1900 GMT at Telford International Centre. BBC will stream the live semi final match only for UK viewers. Click here for more information.
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Today, 19th December 2008, Friday, first semi finals match between Marco Fu (HK) v Ali Carter (Eng) will be held at Telford International Centre. Match is scheduled first session from 1300 GMT and second session from 1900 GMT.

In second semi final match, on Saturday, 20th December, 2008 Shaun Murphy will play against Stephen Maguire in the same vanue. First session of the match will start from 1400 GMT and second from 1900 GMT.
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Today, 18th December, 2008 in Maplin UK Snooker Championship 2008 at Telford International Centre, Shaun Murphy (ENG) is facing Stephen Lee (ENG) and Stephen Maguire (Sco) is playing with John Higgins (Sco). Yesterday, 17th December, Marco Fu (HK) beat Joe Perry (Eng) and Ali Carter beat Mark Williams (Wal).

Here is the live tv streaming of today’s quarter final snooker match. Please allow few seconds to download and start the online streaming. If the video is not started, please Refresh (F5) the page and press PLAY to start the video.
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Jamie Burnett

Burnett was beaten 9-3 and it has since emerged that several bookmakers stopped taking bets on that exact scoreline well before the match started. The 33-year-old Scot missed a black in the 12th frame, which would have made it 8-4. He denies any wrongdoing.

World Snooker has instructed specialist lawyers to help in the case.

After the match, Burnett said he knew the situation and the pressure had affected his play. He told BBC Sport: “In the last frame I have never felt more pressure in my life. I didn’t think I could have played the colours knowing people have been saying things.
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In Maplin UK Championship 2008, Marco Fu, Mark Williams, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Allister Carter, Stephen Lee and Stephen Maguire moved to quarter finals. Quarter Final matches are scheduled from 17th December, 2008. Here is the draw of play:

Wednesday Quarter-final latest (best of 17 frames):

Ali Carter (Eng) vs Mark Williams (Wal)
Joe Perry (Eng) vs Marco Fu (HK)

Thursday’s quarter-finals:

Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Stephen Lee (Eng)
John Higgins (Sco) v StephenMaplin UK Championship 2008 | Watch Free Live Quarter Final Snooker Match Maguire (Sco)
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Ding Junhui recorded his second career maximum 147 break in the third frame of his UK Championship second-round match against John Higgins.

China’s Ding, the 2005 champion, was trailing former world champion Higgins 2-0 in Telford but hit back in style. After potting 15 reds and 15 blacks, the world number 11 looked nervous as he attempted to clear the colours. But after stepping away from the table for a sip of water, the 21-year-old coolly potted the pink and black.

Ding is now in pole position to claim the £5,000 prize for the highest break and £25,000 bonus for the maximum, although that money would be split if another player recorded a 147.
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