Dogged Dott wins epic world final
Date: 13-05-2006 01:58
Graeme Dott defeated Peter Ebdon 18-14 in a monumental contest to win the World Championship at The Crucible.
Dott went into the last session leading 15-7 but Ebdon won six successive frames to reduce the deficit to two.
Runs of 66 and 68 took Dott to within one frame of victory and, although Ebdon had chances to win frame 32, it was Dott who fell over the line first.
It was the longest final in Crucible history, surpassing even the Dennis Taylor-Steve Davis classic in 1985.
After the match Dott, who lost the 2004 final to Ronnie O'Sullivan, admitted he thought his title chance was crumbling in the face of Ebdon's thrilling fightback.
"I thought it was slipping away from me," he said. "Before that frame I went and washed my face. I really thought my chance had absolutely gone.
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