First-round results:
P EBDON (Eng) 6-4 R DAY (Wal)
92-40 (92) 29-69 39-90 106-5 76-9 (76) 107-32 (57, 50) 23-60 (50) 24-84 (50) 81-0 (55) 67-39 (66)

S HENDRY (Sco) 5-6 M SELBY (Eng)
74-1 14-77 26-65 68-36 72-12 (60) 59-58 44-68 105-8 (105) 42-69 0-111 (62) 9-64

Wild card round result:
S DAVIS (Eng) 2-6 M FU (HK)
22-64�(50)�26-66�(52) 79-0�(62) 12-77 (76) 66-16 (50) 20-104 (104) 31-67 0-67 (67)

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By Sam Lyon

2306: Bosh. Done. Finito. Ebdon digs deep to produce a break of 66 and secure his passage to the second round. The Englishman will face either Scotland's Graeme Dott or England's Stephen Lee next up but he will have to raise his game if he is going to come through that you feel. Having said that, the same has been said of every player who has got through to date. That's me done on commentary duties tonight, tune in at 1330 GMT Tuesday for more of the same.

"Ryan just keeps leaving himself too much to do on his shots because of poor positional play. This is a very good chance now for Peter."
BBC Sport's Dennis Taylor

2300: Well, unsurprisingly, Day isn't able to keep it together. A run of 32 comes to an end when he misses a long red and, although the black and pink aren't readily available, Ebdon might fancy his chances here.

2255: When all else fails, trust to luck. Day misses one to the left corner by a mile, it bounces out, ricochets off another red, and all the way across the table and into the right middle. The balls are spread nicely and if he can just keep it together, the Welshman could well take this match to a decider at this visit.

2254: Awful. Day gets an opening when Ebdon misses one to the middle but fails to take advantage when he misses yet another easy pot, this time a pink to right middle. Ebdon gets down, pots the red, somehow runs out of position and takes on a ridiculous pink along the top cushion from distance. I don't know if it's pressure or tiredness, but top level snooker this aint.

"I've lost count how many Ebdon-late night sessions I've reported on. I don't sense a finish before midnight."
BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury at Wembley

2248: A welcome touch of composure from Ebdon and he wraps up the frame with a break of 55.

2244: As BBC Sport's Willie Thorne points out, neither player appears to want to win this at the moment. Ebdon eases to 26, runs out of position, and is forced to play back to baulk and safe. However, he leaps on a poor shot from Day to sink an excellent long red into the corner. Glimpses of quality like that almost make the turgid viewing that has been the rest of this day's play worth it. Almost.

2236: Decent safety play from Ebdon brings its reward as first Day misses the reds completely and then "The Force" pulls of a plant to open up a decent chance of a good break.

"This match sums up today and the tournament to date. Scrappy error-strewn frame upon frame with multiple frame-winning chances for both players missed time after time."
witz78 on 606

2229: I might be needing that sleeping bag and Bunsen burner after all - Day levels up the match with a dogged break of 50 and it will be the best of three to see who goes into the second round.

2224: It's all very scrappy again as Day runs out of position and is forced to play safe behind the yellow in baulk.

2222: Ber-limey. Ebdon does the hard work in building a break of 24 and opening up the black only to check his shot on the blue and leave it two feet short of the middle pocket. Day is in again.

2217: Sam 'The Jinx' Lyon strikes again. Day misses a red so easy even my brother - widely regarded as the worst snooker player in the world, ever - would have potted it and now Ebdon has a chance to re-establish his two-frame lead.

2216: Day does go into the reds, splits them nicely, and this is now a good chance to level the match.

2214: Ebdon errs on a long red at the start of frame eight to let Day in and the Welshman has a chance, if he can get into the bunch of reds at pace, to build a good score in this one...

2208: And Day duly reduces the deficit to one frame. Tense, long frame, that. The question is who will emerge from it the better?

2205: Ebdon makes a break of 22 but then errs on a red down the cushion to let Day back in.

2202: How very strange. Day misses a simple one over the middle, Ebdon messes up an attempt to go into a pack of three on the left cushion and Day then responds by missing a simple red to the corner. He does have problems closing out frames at times young Day. Ebdon clips in the red, sinks a tricky pink and if he could snatch this frame Day would need a mammoth effort to come back.

"I feel that the least sleep deprived player will win tonight."
The Boss on 606

2151: Ouch. Ryan Day does all the hard work, working his way round the table in building a break of 50, only to miss the pink off its spot. Ebdon produces a decent safety behind the black in reply and this frame is not done and dusted just yet.

2144: Almost 14 minutes into the frame and we have a potted ball. Just as I was ordering in my sleeping bag and Bunsen burner in anticipation of us all being here til the early hours of the morning, Ryan Day sticks one in the onion bag. The reds are spread all over but, with the black on the bottom cushion, building a frame-winning break might not be easy...

2136: Ooh it's all very cagey at the start of frame seven, with neither player willing to take on the risky big shots that could cost them dear.

2130: Ryan Day builds a break of 32 but then lets Ebdon off his rather large hook by overcooking a positional shot and over-cutting a red to the left middle. 'The Force' does not need asking twice and he clears up with a break of 50 to open up a much-needed two-frame gap. Can Dubai's finest march onwards and upwards now?

2125: Oh dear... five reds and five blacks for Peter and it was all looking rosy until he tries to split the pack, leaves himself an awkward long pink and then proceeds to miss it. Day cleans up the red by the pocket and he will be aware of how good a chance this is...

2119: These are worrying moments for Day as Ebdon gets down and dirty in the balls again. And with the black nicely placed Ebdon will be looking to at least build a substantial lead in this frame.

2114: It's all the invitation Ebdon needs and he reels off a fine break of 76 to take the lead for the second time in this match.

2108: Aaannnddd Day takes on a ridiculous pot to the left middle, misses, and Ebdon has a chance to build a decent lead in this frame now.

2105: An unfortunate ricochet puts paid to Day's hopes of an immediate substantial break and even another splendid long red fails to reap its rewards for the Welshman. That said, Day leads 9-0, the reds are spread around the lower half of the table, and Ebdon has a tricky safety shot here...

2102: The players are out, Ebdon breaks off... and Day sinks a beauty from range. Come on boys, let's step it up this session.

"I need a coffee."
BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury

2047: That'll be the mid-session interval peeps, go get the kettle on. Milk and a sugar for me, nice one...

2046: Ebdon produces a couple of fine shots on his way to a 28 break and he looks to be cruising to the frame until, again, an unnecessarily poor positional shot ends the break. Not for the first time, though, Day fails to take advantage and Ebdon breathes a sigh of relief as he wraps the frame to level at 2-2. BBC Sport's Willie Thorne fancies a century break from each player after the mid-session interval, so well are they cueing. Let's hope the big dancing bear is right.

2035: Ebdon sinks a gorgeous red to get first use of the table, but he overscrews on a black to leave himself a thin cut into the middle and he misses to let Day in 16-0 down in the frame. Day can't take advantage, though, and Ebdon is back in...

"Day is doing to Ebdon what Ebdon usually does to his opponents - hurt them with every determined shot. He's busting the swimmer's backside at the moment."
The Boss on 606

2028: Day looks to be buckling until Ebdon inexplicably snookers himself behind the black off the green and Welshman Day takes advantage to regain the lead.

2023: Ebdon emerges the better of the two from the exchange and a fabulous - and brave - yellow looks to put him pole position for the frame. However, a terrible contact potting a red ends his break and it's back to safety...

2012: But only for a fraction... Day's attempt to break the pack goes awry and we're in for a tactical exchange again - at least for a spell...

2009: It's not a chance Ebdon can take advantage of, though, as he misses a cut red to the left middle allowing Day to drill a red into the green pocket and the latter is settled at the table again.

2006: Well well well, Day goes 36 points up, the balls are well placed and the frame looks his for the taking, only for the wild card qualifier to miss a simple red and let Ebdon in. What is it with unforced errors today?

2004: Another excellent long red gets Day up and running and he's first among the balls again.

2001: Ebdon does put Day in a tricky spot behind the blue, but Day escapes and goes on to clear to pink to seal the frame. We're level again and, despite the scrappy nature of the frame, both players look to be cueing nicely - don't write this off as a slow death just yet.

1957: Day leads 54-24 at the moment with just the colours on the table, but Ebdon has a good snooker opportunity behind green and blue in baulk so this frame isn't over yet.

1948: Ebdon sinks a lovely red - the end to the tactical exchange? - no. He lets Day back in... only for Day to hand the initiative straight back to his Dubai-based opponent. This frame is a little Scrappy-dappy-do at the moment.

1945: Alright, I have to put my hands up again. Firstly, my thanks to Mr John Sinnott who has been taking you through this match while I scoff down a spot of dinner (pie and chips - dinners don't come much more honest than that). Secondly, my apologies to all you snooker fans out there because, with Sinno at the helm, this match was flying along with high breaks and swift shot-times a go-go. I return and the match slows to a snail's pace. So, sorry about that. Day leads 46-0 and the safety exchange continues with the black on the side cushion.

1934: Day plays for position by safeguarding the black. We've entered a zone of safety here.

1934: Day pots a tough brown and then a red, before slotting home the blue to go 26-0 up.

1934: Day misses a relatively easy pink, but is quickly back to the table after Ebdon misses a difficult red.

1932: After nearly 10 minutes of shadow boxing, Day once more takes an early lead. He's 15-0 ahead.

1926: Ebdon and Day vie for position in a tense start to frame number two.

1923: Day gets the second frame underway.

1922: Class - a break of 92 from Ebdon gives him the frame 92-40 in just over 14 minutes.

1921: Ebdon is taking just 18 seconds for each shot - three seconds faster than Day. That's fast is anyone's vocabulary.

1920: Ebdon takes the lead - 54-40 - the force is with "The Force" and if he keeps this up the opener is there for the taking.

1918: Ebdon is slowly whittling away Day's lead and is now trailing 19-40.

1916: Ebdon is up and running with some cute cue work to seal a difficult shot on one a red.

1913: A longish red proves Day's undoing, allowing Ebdon back to the table.

1912: Make that 40-0 as Day pots his fifth black.

1911: Day is off to a flier - some great cue work sees him establish a 32-0 lead and he doesn't look finished yet.

1908: Peter Ebdon gets the evening session underway in his match against Ryan Day.

"The Force" is a little bit aggressive with his opening shot and Day takes advantage.

"I expect one word answers from Hendry in the post-match chat. He won't be a happy bunny."
BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury

1848: That's it! Selby sinks a delicious long red into the left corner for frame ball and a break of 24 secures a come-from-behind victory 6-5. What the match lacked in quality it made up for in intrigue and Selby will go on to face Ronnie O'Sullivan's conqueror Stephen Maguire.

1843: A missed safety gives Hendry a chance...but he jaws it! Selby mops up the error and this really is a chance now.

1842: It isn't... yet. Selby runs the wrong side of the blue and his attempted white in and out of baulk falls short, ending the break on 41. You could cut the tension with a knife at Wembley and barely a whisper is heard in the audience as Hendry comes to the table.

1837: With 24 already scored, Selby goes into the pack... and it comes out nicely. The reds are spread and Selby is cueing beautifully, could this be a match-winning break?

"Stephen missed that pot by a mile and what should have been a shot to nothing might just let Mark in to snatch this match."
BBC Sport's John Virgo

1834: Hendry errs first, cannoning off a red from an attempted shot-to-nothing to leave a tricky cut into the left corner. Selby pots red-blue to kick off a break and this is a chance...

1833: The pair shake hands, and I can't help but think the momentum and psychological edge is with Selby...

1831: We have a decider people! There's been a bit of a step up in quality this session and Selby follows a break of 62 with a break of 49 to level things up and pile the pressure on Hendry.

1818: Lovely long red from Selby, who is first among the balls...

1813: I may not have had reason to criticise Selby's long-potting before, but the Jester opts to attempt a long red when an easy safety was on and misses by so much the white goes in-off in the middle. It doesn't cost him, though, and - joy of joys - we have a re-rack! Ooh the drama... the intrigue...the tension...!

1806: Selby wins it - a poor Hendry safety letting the Jester in and he clears to blue, aided by a fine green off the rest, to seal the frame. Is this one set to go to the wire as our very own Saj Chowdhury predicted?

1801: Indeed it doesn't prove to a be match-winning opportunity as Hendry misses a red with the rest. A break of 41 puts him right back in the frame, though, and with both reds on the side cushions this is still wide open.

"Stephen will do very, very well to make this a frame - and match - winning break with the balls as they are."
BBC Sport's John Virgo

1758: It's not a chance Selby can make the most of, though, as he misses a tricky red along the bottom cushion with his lead at just 45 points. Hendry pots red-black but the balls aren't overly well-placed for the veteran as it stands...

1752: Hendry hands 10 penalty points to Selby to start the frame - hitting the pink and then failing to escape from a tricky snooker behind the green. A nice long red does not bare a break-building chance for Selby, but a simple missed pink from Hendry lets the Jester in again and how he needs to make the most of this chance...

1738: Hallelujah! A break of real poise and quality at last as Hendry seals the frame at his first scoring opportunity for the first time in the match, building a run of 105 - his 710th career century break - to put himself within a frame of the second round and a match against countryman Stephen Maguire.

1730: Anything you can do, I can do better says Hendry as he sinks a splendid long red of his own and, still, the balls are well placed for a break here...

1728: One fault I can't find to a greater extent today is Mark Selby's long potting game and the Jester finds another beauty to the left corner to get in with the reds spread and pink and black available. My foolish optimism that it would spark a tide-turning break are crushed seconds later, though, as he is unfortunate to run out of position off a cannon and it's anyone's frame again.

"Hendry is way past his Selby date! Come on the JESTER."
smartrexyboy on 606

1720: He can. A run of 45 up to the pink secures a snatch-back frame for Selby and will that prove a turning point? Hendry looks on, knowing he should be three up with four to play, and this match is still very much alive.

1717: Three times in the last three frames has Hendry been at the table with the balls well placed, and for the third straight frame he can't take immediate advantage. A run of 44 comes to an end when he loses position and then misses a red off the rest... Selby is at the table, the frame is his to be won, but can he do it?

1711: Guess what? An unforced error - a missed black of its spot - ends Selby's run of 23 and Hendry is back at the table.

1710: He may have lost the last three frames but Selby still has an air about him - of what, I'm not sure though to be honest - and he sinks a delicious long red to give himself first use of the table in what is surely a must-win frame seven.

"It might not be the best game but boy its tense."
Case545 on 606

1707: Selby twice fails to develop the last red on the side cushion and a flawed safety attempt hands Hendry an opening. The Scot sinks the red but errs on a testing yellow along the top cushion to let the Jester back in and Selby clears to pink. However, the difficult long frame-ball black goes awry and Hendry pots to open up a two-frame lead.

1701: Hendry comes out on top from a brief safety exchange and the Scot builds a lead of 28 before yet another staggering missed red into the corner from around the pink spot lets Selby in once again.

1653: Yet another miss - this time red to left middle - ends a run of 29 from Hendry and to say this match has yet to sparkle is the equivalent of suggesting, erm, something equally rather obvious.

"That was a pretty woeful miss by Selby trying to cut the long red."
BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury at Wembley

1649: Selby is the first among the balls in frame six and the Jester finally shows some fine touches in building a break of 23 around the blue with pink and black tied up. He runs out of position, though, and is forced to play safe to end the run. He then clips a red far too thin and Hendry gets in with a red and a pink...

"I hope this tournament improves by the quarters... it always takes a while to get going."
aberdeenmkey on 606

1637: Bizarre scenes at Wembley. Selby follows a cracking long red with a simple missed blue and Hendry finally ekes out the frame with a run of 12. The pot success percentage of this pair currently stands at 83% for Hendry, 81% for Selby. Which kinda tells its own story.

1633: A break of some quality, his first of the match, puts Hendry 60-3 up only for him to miss a straight red - frame ball - to the left middle. A couple of safeties later and Hendry errs to leave himself open to another Selby counter-attack...

1624: Would you Adam it? Selby pushes a red between the jaws of the top right cushion and away for yet another unforced error. Hendry sinks a decent one... can the Scot finally get going?

1623: Nope! Hendry opts against a cut-able red to the middle in favour of a long red but misses. Selby takes on the red to the middle, makes it, and it'll be the Leicester man with his hand on the table first.

1620: The players emerge and we are just about ready to get underway. Whether either one has decided to bring their 'A' game remains to be seen, though...

"'This tournament is called The Masters for a reason'? The reason being these two would be better playing golf?"
hawick on 606

"Am I the only one who thinks the Masters has been a HUGE let-down so far? Of the four-and-a-half matches played, the only guy who has shown any real form is Ryan Day, followed by Fu (in patches)."
VauxhallandI on 606

"This is going all the way again. Tea delayed for play."
BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury at Wembley

1605: Alright, hands up, who was it that predicted this would be a cracker? So, yeah, sorry about that. That said, while this match is so far short on quality and break-building, it's not doing a bad job of supplying material for next Christmas's "Snooker Gaffes" DVD. Hendry goes in-off YET AGAIN to let Selby in YET AGAIN, only for the Jester to miss a red down the cushion to allow the chance to go begging and the Scot wraps up the frame to go into the mid-session interval level. Let's hope there's something in the tea to remind these two that this tournament is called The Masters for a reason.

1558: Ber-limey - Hendry, needing just two more reds and a colour to seal the frame, goes in-off a red to the top left corner and Selby, trailing by 46, pots a fine one from range before opting for a decent safety to give himself a chance of getting right back in the frame.

1556: Pah. Selby's own flaws are exposed again as he leaves himself an unnecessarily difficult red to the middle. He misses and Hendry sinks a long red nicely to get back among the balls - I would say this is a frame-winning chance, but the way this pair are potting at the moment, anything can still go wrong.

1553: Brilliant opening red to the corner, holding for the black, from Hendry but the Scot can still barely hide his nerves or frustration as he stumbles to a break of 34. The run, almost predictably, ends with an error as he misses an easy red to the corner and Selby, once again, is gifted an opportunity to punish the Scot.

"You would have to say, purely for his own confidence, Hendry needs this frame desperately."
BBC Sport's John Virgo

1545: It's another scrappy, error-strewn opening to the frame from both players and it quickly becomes a tough safety exchange with the reds scattered all over the gaff. Whoever pots first could well be in here.

1538: A debatable decision to snooker Selby behind the pink fails to pay off as the Jester escapes and Hendry misses a black to ruin his hopes of a comeback. Selby takes the lead despite having failed to settle just yet and, to quote The Boss on 606, Hendry is beating himself at the moment. Don't forget, if you're on the website, you can watch this match - and Hendry's current self-destruction - live.

1534: Selby fails to wrap up the frame despite a decent break of 42, the Jester jawing another red to let Hendry in with the Scot needing just one snooker.

1528: And the errors just keep on coming - Hendry looks to have a chance at building a break only to send the white in-off the brown and he then jaws the white off a safety to put Selby back in with the reds spread.

"Hendry doesn't look great does he? He appears a little fragile - very strange to see that demeanour after all those years of him looking regal around the table."
BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury at Wembley

1524: Another error from Hendry - the Scot hitting the blue off the break to leave Selby with a simple red - but the Jester can't take full advantage when his break of 17 is ended by a poor ricochet off the pack.

"Hendry did the exact same thing against Allen (at the UK Championship) - started off great and then went mad. He had about four chances in that frame."
Case545 on 606

1518: A red to the left middle sees Selby get back among the balls with a break of 33 and it's enough for the provisional world number five to level the match. Meanwhile, my boss has berated me for not following my use of "whoopsadaisy" earlier with the words "Martin Hayesy" - a phrase apparently already pressed upon his young daughter, who uses it when she falls over. That, ladies and gentleman, is sports obsession gone too far if you ask me.

1508: It's unforced-errors-a-go-go at Wembley. Hendry misses a simple red into the corner for no apparent reason - it can only have been a lack of concentration - to let Selby in, only for Leicester's finest to drift a red over the corner and hand the initiative back to his opponent. Hendry, refusing to be outdone, then misses a simple green. Bemusing.

1505: Whoopsadaisy. Selby's break of 36 ends when he concentrates too much on going into the pack of reds and misses the black off its spot. Hendry can reply here.

1502: Hendry attempts a tough long red to the left corner at the start of frame two but it rattles the jaw and goes awry before the white settles in the middle of the table with a few reds spread. Selby knocks in from range to get going and this is the first genuine opening he's had so far.

"Not a clinical frame by a long long way but Hendry is cueing more solidly and straighter than he did in Telford."
wildJONESEYE on 606

1458: Another good snooker from Hendry leaves Selby behind a green and with no obvious escape route. The Jester's hit-and-hope leaves Hendry among the balls with his hand on the table and a break of 34 gives the Scot the opening frame.

1451: Selby lets Hendry in again when his safety attempt fails to graze an outside red but a break of 27 comes to an end when the Scot misses a simple blue to the middle pocket. Neither player has really settled yet, while Glasgow Gary's text below is the finest one I've received since my considered plea a few minutes ago. Exactly.

"What's the difference between a market gardener and a snooker player? One minds his peas, the other minds his cues. Ha ha, such hilarity!"
Gary, Glasgow via text

1442: Selby attempts to squeeze a long red into the corner but leaves Hendry in when it cannons off another red and away. Hendry sinks one into the left corner but the Scot can't push on after a simple black. Let's hope the Davis-Fu bug has not caught on...

1437: A nerve-settling long red into the right corner from Selby does not bring the rewards it deserves as he snookers himself on a colour when the white ricochets into the pack. His attempted escape yields four points, but Hendry can not yet get among the balls.

1433: The players walk out into the Arena - and if Selby were in any doubt of the calibre of his opponent, the Englishman's introduction as the "Jester from Leicester" seems all the more comical when compared with Hendry's "The Most Successful Player Ever in Snooker". Ahem. Hendry to break.

1425: I've had a word with the big man (Dirsy, not Him upstairs) and apparently your SMSs and 606 chat has been a little light on the ground. Tut tut people, not good enough. If you've ever wanted to see your name up in lights on this very website, you've got a pretty decent chance of it happening if you text in now or post on the 606 website and it is humourous, topical, or both. No guarantees of course.

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1420: Righto peeps, how are we all? Dirsy is off for a well-earned tasse de th� following what, let's be honest, was not the greatest snooker match ever to grace this tournament.

Fear not, though, up next is sure to be a block-busting battle of the braves between six-time champion Stephen Hendry and last year's Crucible finalist Mark Selby. I'm going to stick my neck on the line and suggest it will be a cracker. If in a few hours' time I am reduced to a gibbering wreck of a man due to boredom, I will ram my own words down my throat gladly.

Firstly, though, Davis's response to his defeat to Fu: "There was no point in getting upset. The end result was that I played rubbish. It could have gone one way or another but missing the black was a blow. I'll think about my career in the summer."

By Ben Dirs

1412: Fu runs out of position after a break of 67, and, as befits this match, it looks as if he'll flop over the line rather than break the tape at pace. And that's that, Davis leaving Fu open with a hit-and-hope and immediately offering Fu his hand. Couldn't wait to get out of the arena there Davis, and I'm not surprised. All a little bit sad that.

1405: Very old-school this - Fu has the chance to screw into the reds off the black but chooses to break-build the old-fashioned way. And looks to be working - Davis moments from being nailed to the cross here. Far be it for me to disagree with our esteemed television commentators, but I can't really understand their point when they say Davis could have won this. How could he have won this when he can't pot anything over six feet or build any breaks?

1400: That's not so clever from Davis and Fu makes the yellow disappear. Should be his frame from here and, after a protracted safety exchange and one particularly cute snooker from Davis with only three balls remaining, it is. Seriously long frame that, and I'd be very surprised if Davis has anything else to give.

1349: Willie Thorne has just come out with an absolute gem of a stat: Steve Davis has won more frames from needing snookers than any other player. Tremendous. Davis pots only his second of 10 long pots in the match, a black into the bottom right, and he's still in this. Magnificent snooker from Davis and Fu is unable to escape from behind the brown up at the baulk end.

1337: Good shot that from Fu, screwing off the yellow and developing a cluster of three reds. However, the balls run slightly awry and he is forced to play safe. Davis still clinging on in this frame...but not for much longer as Fu rams home a loose red. But Fu is unable to seal the frame and Davis winkles out a couple of snookers to keep the frame alive.

"Right, I'm off to chat to Jan Verhaas in a bit and he will be answering some of your questions. The answers will appear later on the website."
Saj Chowdhury, BBC Sport at Wembley

"Glad I'm not watching from your descriptions. Have you ever thought of changing your name by deed poll?"
David Thompson via text

1328: Davis has a chance...but misses another easy pink into the bottom left. "You keep missing, I'll keep on making you pay," says Fu, before missing a long blue by inches. Davis is in again, but runs out of position. He's struggling to keep a lid on his frustration and offers his cue to someone in the audience. Good to see the abuse streaming in, it's the most entertaining part of this game at the moment. Thanks.

"Dare I say it, but I've a feeling the Crucible this year may be Davis's retirement from the game. His game is falling away badly now and what's left for him to play on for? He's done it all."
Witz on 606

1323: Fu is off the mark with a long red and this is a stat that tells a story: the Hong Kong native has a 70% success rate with long pots so far, while Davis's success rate is just 13%. Fu's break ends on 23.

1316: Fu passes 50 and Davis looks toast in this particular frame. He can't say he didn't have his chances and he'll be suffering in his chair. Indeed, Davis is toast as Fu wraps things up with a 104 clearance. That was better from Fu, the first genuinely piece of clinical play we've had all day.

"It sounds like you're enjoying the match about as much as I'm enjoying your constant string of painfully unfunny and sarcastic remarks."
Anon via text

1312: I just found myself searching for binocular spectacles on the internet. Read into that what you will.

"It pains me to watch Steve like this. Every shot, no matter how easy, is no longer a formality and when he is on a seemingly routine break you virtually know it's only a matter of time before something goes wrong."
Witz on 606

1307: Nice shot that from Davis, cannoning into the pack off a blue into the left centre. But he breaks down after scoring just six...but The Nugget is in again! Has Fu missed the boat here? He's had plenty of chances to bury Davis...no, wait a minute, Fu may have made the boat after all, Davis has missed a sitter on the black...

1300: Davis manages a 50 break before missing another easy pot and taking a bite out of his cue. Odd. Fu battles on for a while but lets Davis in and, after some rather pointless safety exchanges, Davis wraps things up and he's now just one behind. This match, however, is ruddy awful. Put it this way, I would had rather been watching series two of Two Pints of Lager for the last two hours: that's how bad it is. Understand?

1250: Fu cracks first and Davis gets his hand on the table - he desperately needs to convert here...those of you watching this at home might want to flick channels momentarily to BBC One to decide whether the lady presenter of Cash in the Attic is worthy of my love or not. I say maybe, the bloke next to me reckons she'd be a "bit of a handful". When I probed further, he admitted he didn't really know what he meant by that.

1243: Frame five slips slowly and rather inevitably into a sloppy, safety-induced torpor, like an ancient grandmother dozing by the fire after Eastenders and a couple of brandies at Christmas.

"For a legend like Steve it must be so frustrating to miss shots that you never used to miss..."
BBC commentator Willie Thorne

1237: Players are back out after the interval and we can only hope for more sexy snooker than we had before the break, which was about as sexy as Alan Titchmarsh's wardrobe. Davis rattles in a long red...but is then forced to play safe. Groan...

1232: By the way, you can chat about all things Saga Insurance Masters on 606 with our man at Wembley, Saj Chowdhury, and anyone else who happens to be hanging around.

1216: Fu wraps up the frame with a break of 76 and Davis traipses out of the arena wearing the look of a man who has just spent the last hour and 20 minutes on a rush-hour train from Wanstead to Ealing Broadway. Let's see if he can locate his mojo during the 15-minute interval. He might have some trouble: I suspect it might be tucked away in the Blue Peter time capsule along with a set of decimal coins and photos of Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves.

1208: Davis conjures a fine four-cushion escape but is unlucky to leave Fu with a red into the left centre. Fu, however, leaves Davis in after a single red. Davis rams home a decent red, but he's really struggling with his game here and it's agonising to watch. He breaks down on 12 and almost loses his cool, shaping to give the table a dig with the butt of his cue.

1158: Fu lets Davis off the hook with a fluffed red and Davis, like a badger up a drainpipe, is in, knocking in a creaky 62 to seal the frame. If watching Ronnie O'Sullivan at his best is like seeing Brian Lara get stuck into a bowling attack, watching Davis carve out a break these days is like watching a Glenn McGrath fifty.

1150: Davis attempts a double off the side of a cluster, but it's a couple of inches wide of the left centre pocket. Fu pops in a couple of reds before Davis misses a long, but pretty straight, red. However, Fu leaves him in again and The Nugget is in the balls. Davis, however, is playing like a drain and he runs out of position and misses a pink into the right centre by quite some distance. For anyone who remembers Davis in his 80's pomp, this will make for painful viewing.

"I'd like to see Steve quicken up a bit round the table. You can't always do that, but I think he plays better that way nowadays."
BBC commentator Dennis Taylor

1144: Tremendous long blue with the rest from Fu and he's on his way. He runs out of position on the penultimate red, but Davis gets some rotten luck attempting an escape and Fu opens up a two-frame lead. Later on we have the first-round match between Stephen Hendry and Mark Selby and Peter Ebdon v Ryan Day.

1134: Davis plays a careless red, finds himself too straight on the blue and his break ends on 26. Fu rattles in a long red and Davis could be punished here.

1131: First blood to Fu in frame two as he rams home another fine long red. But that's careless from Fu, missing a sitter of a black off the spot. Oh my word, Davis is really going to make him pay now, just you watch...hold on a second, I thought it was 1984 there for a second.

Here are some extraordinary stats for you: The Nugget has made more than 300 competitive breaks in his career, but made only three last season and has made only one so far this season. As Willie Thorne just pointed out on TV, it's difficult to keep the old concentration ramped up when you've gone past 50.

"Let there be more love, let there be lots of strange Steve Davis facial expressions and let there be no more problems with my laptop today."
BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury at Wembley

1123: Davis can only manage a break of 18 before playing safe and this is turning into a grueller of an opening frame. Just as I say that, Fu rolls in a long red and he's off again - this frame should be his. Indeed it is, as Davis remains in his seat as Fu breaks down again. That opening frame was about as fluent as John Redwood speaking Welsh.

1118: BBC commentator Dennis Taylor has detected a "waggle" in Fu's cueing action. This he puts down to the influence of former world champion Terry Griffiths, who Fu has been hanging with down in Llanelli. Apparently James 'The Thai-phoon' Wattana has got a waggle as well, maybe it's a south-east Asian thing. Fu gets into the balls again, but breaks down on 37 after missing a black off its spot.

1114: Fu is first into the balls, but he breaks down on 13 after some overly-cautious play. Davis then gets a chance but jaws another relatively straight-forward red into the right middle. You can watch this game live on the website if you want, it will be much better than reading this.

1112: While down at Wembley, Saj Chowdhury will be putting a series of your questions to the referees at the tournament. If there's anything you want to ask them about - what does a ref do if Alex Higgins tries to bite his nose off, that sort of thing - here is your chance. Post your questions on 606 on the BBC Sport website and the officials will answer a selection of them.

1105: Right, play is under way at Wembley and it's Marco Fu to break off. Davis, the Plumstead Potter, appears to be sporting a cheeky little tan - the old boy looks well, and he definitely didn't pick that up in Plumstead, or indeed down Romford Snooker Club. He gets the first points on the board courtesy of a foul from Fu, but misses a sitter into the centre right pocket. Cagey.

"There are no excuses, O'Sullivan lost, and that's final. But bottle job he is not."
VauxhallandI on 606

1048: What a tremendous couple of days it's been for the BBC Sport website - Andy Murray nausing up in Melbourne and Ronnie O'Sullivan nausing up at Wembley, I'm guessing we'll probably be a few million readers shy of what we might have expected this week.