NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Mark Williams is at the UK Championship once again, 30 years on from his debut in the event when he narrowly lost to Stephen Hendry and Alex Higgins handed him a silver pig in the toilets.
The three-time world champion was just 17 back in November 1992 and was handed the toughest draw possible as he faced the world champion in the last 64.
The teenager gave the world champ a run for his money eventually falling just short, losing 9-8, but he showed plenty of what was to come in the years ahead.
The match came up in conversation with the Welshman as he now is unaffected by defeats, brushing off even the toughest-looking of losses, but was he so laid back even as an impressionable teen? The response was classic Williams.