Snooker: Holt upsets McManus again

THE NOTTINGHAM youngster Michael Holt brought Alan McManus's Liverpool Victoria UK Championship campaign to an abrupt end in Bournemouth last night.

Twelve months after losing to the same player at the same stage, McManus slumped to another third round exit as he bowed out in the deciding frame.

McManus managed to win one more frame than in 1998 but the 21-year-old Holt still reached nine first. "It may have been on his mind what happened here last year," said the world No 74 after his 9-8 triumph. "But these top players are good at blocking out things like that. However, it's a happy anniversary as far as I'm concerned."

The Welshman Dominic Dale achieved a career milestone when he compiled the highest break seen at the Championship since 1995. He notched a 145 clearance in the first session of his match with Drew Henry.

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