Plenty of high-level practice helped get Graham back on track, while he looked to get a mental edge on his opponent as well.
‘I was practicing on the table by Cao Yupeng for two days, I made sure I was next to him every day. I wasn’t really watching him, I wanted to show him what I can do, I was hoping he was watching me.’ ‘I wasn’t worrying. I knew I wasn’t playing well, but worrying was pointless because I knew my game wasn’t there,’ he explained. ‘Snooker comes and goes a bit, it can be very up and down. It’s one rose for three or four scaggy nettles.’
It’s not Ronnie O’Sullivan or John Higgins he fancies, though, saying it’s all about winning, so he’d be very happy with the easiest possible opponent.