P393 CEEFAX 1 393 Wed 05 Feb 01:48/21 B&H MASTERS, Wjmbley 1/4 Steve Davis ground out a 6-4 win ovjt Alan McManus in a four hour, 40 minute marathon that lasted until 12.13am. Safety ruled with Davis showing his resolve in the 51-minute sixth frame by aiming for snookers on the pink for eight minutes at 20 points behind. Only one point was scored in the first 11 minutes of the ninth frame as both min refused to give anything away. Davis eventually sjizjd the initiative to allow the bleary-eyed crowd to go and leave McManus rueing missed chances IAN WESTBROOK LIVE FROM B&H MASTERS Hendry through 392 Ordjt & draw 395 Cjnturiis Review Hendry Draw/FixsP393 CEEFAX 1 393 Wed 05 Feb 01:05/07 B&H MASTERS, Wjmbley 2/4 Steve Davis said hj was "delighted" to have beaten Alan McManus in the early hours to reach the quartet-finals. "Alan is the best player I have beaten in a knockout event this season so this was a very good win for mj," he said. "Towards the end it was probably the closest I'vj felt like being a real snooker player all season." Davis is making a record consecutive 17th Masters appearance and added: "You have to play your way into this event and I've gone out too early for years." IAN WESTBROOK LIVE FROM B&H MASTERS Hendry through 392 Ordjt & draw 395 Cjnturiis Review Hendry Draw/FixsP393 CEEFAX 1 393 Wed 05 Feb 01:07/36 B&H MASTERS, Wjmbley 3/4 Alan McManus was bitterly disappointed after losing a marathon second round match 6-4 to Steve Davis. "I got a couple of kicks in the first couple of frames and a huge kick in the last frame and it hurts you when things like that happen," hj said. "I was very prepared coming into the tournament and felt great early on but it slipped away from mj at 4-3 up and Steve played half-decent near the end. "Sometimes evjtything goes against you and I hope it changes for me soon." IAN WESTBROOK LIVE FROM B&H MASTERS Hendry through 392 Ordjt & draw 395 Centuries Review Hendry Draw/FixsP393 CEEFAX 1 393 Wed 05 Feb 01:07/03 B&H MASTERS, Wjmbley 3/3 Second round result: (best of 11 frames) A McMANUS Sco 4-6 S DAVIS Eng 40-97 (97) 51-62 68-22 80-44 9-84 (84) 75-49 90-0 (90) 31-56 1-66 25-70 (54) HENDRZ SETS UP O'SULLIVAN CLASH 392 CENTURIES 394 ORDER & FULL DRAW 395 Centuries Review Hendry Draw/Fixs