From: Geoffrey Brooking, Havant, Hampshire.
Sixteen-year-old Stephen Hendry stepped out for his first-round match at the Mercantile Credit Classic in Warrington in 1986 with the doubts of his fellow professionals ringing in his ears.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is determined to be smiling come Sunday night when he hopes to regain his Crucible crown.
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