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Barry Hawkins: 'UK snooker tables are only good for burning'
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Published 01/12/2015 at 08:53 GMT
Barry Hawkins suggested the tables at the UK Championship should be burned after losing 6-3 to Robin Hull in the last 32 of snooker's second biggest ranking event.
Barry Hawkins
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The 2013 World Championship finalist Hawkins was unhappy with the conditions of the four table set-up at York's Barbican Centre.
He is echoing comments made by Ding Junhui, who was scathing about the tables during his defeat to part-time builder Adam Duffy in the first round of the event.
Scotsman Stephen Maguire has also complained about the tables at the tournament, snooker's second biggest ranking event behind the World Championship.
Unlike Hawkins, Maguire made his comments after demolishing Jame Cope 6-0 in the second round.
"It's not good for the crowd because we can't play good snooker," said 2004 UK champion Maguire.
"The conditions were just unplayable," commented Hawkins on the BBC
"It was a load of old rubbish performance-wise, but I had no confidence in the table.
"I think we should set fire to the lot of them to be honest."
Latest results
Monday, 30 November
Last 32 (best-of-11 frames)
1pm
Stuart Bingham (Eng) 3-6 Peter Ebdon (Eng)
Jamie Burnett (Sco) 6-3 Li Hang (Chn)
Allister Carter (Eng) 2-6 John Higgins (Sco)
Robbie Williams (Eng) 3-6 Matthew Selt (Eng)
7pm
David Grace (Eng) 6-4 JackLisowski (Eng)
Michael Holt (Eng) 1-6 Joe Swail (NI)
Robin Hull (Fin) 2-6 Luca Brecel (Bel)
Jamie Jones (Wal) 5-6 Mark Selby (Eng)
Order of play for Tuesday, 1 December
1pm
Martin Gould (Eng) v Mark Allen (NI)
Tom Ford (Eng) v Kyren Wilson (Eng)
Ben Woollaston (Eng) v Shaun Murphy (Eng)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Mark Davis (Eng)
7pm
Judd Trump (Eng) v Liang Wenbo (Chn)
David Gilbert (Eng) v Marco Fu (HK)
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha)
Dechawat Poomjaeng (Tha) v Mark Joyce (Eng
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