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Ryan Day

There were few highlights for Day in a disappointing 2009/10 season.
He lost his opening match in three of the six ranking events and managed just two quarter-finals; at the Roewe Shanghai Masters and totesport.com Welsh Open. The season ended with a surprise 10-8 defeat to qualifier Mark Davis at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship.
The net result was a fall of six places down the official ranking list to 12th in the world.
Welshman Day has reached three ranking finals but is still waiting for his first major trophy. At the 2008 Grand Prix in Glasgow, he beat Ricky Walden 5-4, Mark Selby 5-4, Jamie Cope 5-1 and Ali Carter 6-5. His form deserted him in the early stages of the final against John Higgins, and although he rallied from 7-2 down to 7-6, it was too little, too late as Higgins ran out a 9-7 winner.
"I just didn’t get going in the first session," said Day. "I tried to stick in there and if I had got to 8-8 it would have been anyone’s. I’ve been the stronger player at the start of all of my matches this week but I had to play catch-up all day today. If I keep knocking on the door it will open for me one day."
His first ranking final was the 2007 Malta Cup when he saw off Matthew Stevens, Fergal O’Brien, Mark King and Peter Ebdon before losing 9-4 to Shaun Murphy.
At the start of the following season he got to the final of the Roewe Shanghai Masters. Wins over Tony Drago, Ian McCulloch, Matthew Stevens and Graeme Dott set up a clash with countryman Dominic Dale.
Leading 6-2, Day looked strong favourite to go on to claim his first ranking title, but Spaceman Dale flew back to win the last eight frames for a 10-6 scoreline. “Dom had a bit of run of the ball but he played very well and the match just seemed to get away from me,” admitted Day.
The Pontycymmer cueman lost 10-9 to Higgins at Sheffield in 2004, despite becoming the only player to make three centuries on his Crucible debut. Four years later he reached the quarter-finals at Sheffield for the first time by beating Higgins 13-9.
His biggest title to date was the 2001 B&H Championship when he beat Hugh Abernethy in the final to earn a wild card entry to the Masters. He beat Dave Harold 6-3 in the first round at Wembley before losing 6-0 to Stephen Hendry.
His wife Lynsey, who is the younger sister of his father’s second wife, gave birth to their first daughter Francesca in August 2006, and their second, Lauren, in February 2010.
Day’s younger brother Rhys has played football for Manchester City and the Welsh under-21 side.

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