UK Snooker Championship: Red hot Dott romps through round one (From York Press)

UK Snooker Championship: Red hot Dott romps through round one

10:00am Monday 5th December 2011 in Sport By Stuart Martel, Sports editor

ANYTHING less than lifting the UK Snooker Championship title will be classed as a failure by world number ten Graeme Dott, writes Stuart Martel.

Red-hot Dott swept aside qualifier Matthew Selt 6-1 with a breathtaking display of break-building in round one at the Barbican.

After runs of 63, 117, 75, 54, 45 and 99 against a 102 from Selt, the 2006 world champion insisted it was time to make his mark on snooker’s second-biggest ranking event.

“I got to the semi-finals last time it was in York, but I haven’t ever really done well in the UK Championship,” he said.

“I want to try to win it – I would like to play a bit better and do well in all the majors. I started really well, but all the players are sharp because of the amount of snooker we are playing.”

Next up for Dott is a clash with Neil Robertson in round two tomorrow at 7pm.