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Davis turns tables on his critics
Independent, The (London), May 8, 2007 by James Lawton Sports Feature Writer
There was a time, back in the Eighties, when Steve Davis was widely regarded as boring. He lacked the charisma - and the willingness to drink half a dozen bottles of Chablis before practice - of Alex "Hurricane" Higgins and he couldn't tell you about his days as a pool-room hustler, as the Canadian Cliff Thorburn could do so entertainingly.
However, what was most boring about him was that he kept on winning. He did it with a seamless, incredible concentration - a bit like Nick Faldo, to mention another English superstar, who made a habit of winning golf 's major prizes without causing too much singing in the streets.
It seems, though, in an age when so much dross passes for television sports analysis, the joke was on us.
Not the least attraction of tuning in to the world snooker championship at the Crucible is the chance to have Davis explain, with wry humour, deadpan charm and apparently infinite knowledge, precisely what is going on.
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