Ebdon looks very, very strong indeed. And Murphy's doing himself no favours in their session this afternoon. But me? I can't see anybody but Doherty in the final.

Doherty and Williams? That would be awesome; like in 2003--what a tournament and final that was. My favourite yet. Doherty played more frames than anybody else in that tournament; if he wasn't coming back from 12-7 down to beat Hunter 13-12, then he was ahead of Higgins at 10-2 only to win 13-12. And Williams beat him 18-16 in the final.

That's my boy.