A century break by Morgan then levelled the scores at 6-6 and a break of 42 then put him in the lead. However, O’Sullivan raced through the remaining three frames.Alain Robidoux will resume his match with Stefan Mazrocis today with a 5-3 lead. Mazrocis, from Leicester, led 2-0, but the French Canadian recovered to establish an important advantage.Alan McManus, looked to have made the breakthrough in his second-round fixture with Lee Walker when he won the first three frames of the morning and was then in prime position to make it 8-4.Instead he gave away 32 points in penalties and managed to lose a 66- 6 advantage. The final four frames of the session were shared, leaving Walker requiring all but three of the last nine frames.Results, Digest, page 28. The trainer James Bethell’s appeal against the disqualification of Hunters of Brora in last Saturday’s Ladbroke Spring Cup at Newbury was dismissed yesterday. The Jockey Club disciplinary committee found Hunters Of Brora interfered with Cadeaux Tryst, caused by irresponsible riding by Darryll Holland “in that one and a half furlongs from the finish he went for a gap of insufficient size when it should have been obvious to him that such a manoeuvre would result in interference”.

Amtrak Express, forced to miss today’s Whitbread Gold Cup at Sandown, has been moved from Nicky Henderson to Jenny Pitman.
Mark Johnston, successful in the Swiss 2,000 Guineas last year with Double Diamond, attempts the double with Polar Flight at Dielsdorf tomorrow.Ukraine Venture was introduced at 25-1 for the Oaks after her victory by 10 lengths in yesterday’s April Maiden Stakes at Sandown. Romanov is 25-1 for the Derby after winning the Tudor Stakes.. Defeat at The Willows last night ended any realistic hopes Wigan might have of mounting a challenge in Super League. Salford bounced back from defeats by St Helens and London with the sort of performance that made them the worst possible opponents for a Wigan side struggling for its rhythm.
Wigan, who have had their problems here, including the defeat in the cup last year from which many date their relative decline, looked uncomfortable from the start, especially when David Hulme’s break set up a Salford try that put them into the lead. Peter Edwards and Scott Naylor were kept out, but then Nathan McAvoy picked up Steve Blakeley’s bouncing pass to send Darren Rogers over in the corner.Salford threatened to extend their lead further when Esene Faimalo charged through a hesitant Wigan defence and Fata Sini’s kick caused chaos behind the try line.Wigan survived and the concern for Salford was that, having played so well, they were only four points in credit.

Sure enough, that lead proved fragile when a disputed knock-on by Faimalo gave Wigan a scrum in front of the Salford posts. Andy Farrell and Craig Murdock then combined to send in Darryl Cardiss for the equalising try.Undeterred, Salford started the second half as they had the first, by tearing into Wigan and coming up with a try, Blakeley and Naylor both kicking ahead for Ian Watson to score. Wigan went close when Rogers tackled Andy Johnson into touch.Blakeley missed one penalty that would have put Salford further ahead, but he took advantage of a second opportunity 14 minutes from time when the tireless Hulme was held down in the tackle.Wigan’s last chance of retrieving the situation disappeared when Johnson’s touch-down was disallowed for a double movement. Watson’s chip, Murdock’s obstruction and Blakeley’s penalty then edged Salford even closer to a famous victory that was particularly sweet for the Salford coach, Andy Gregory, who played for Wigan at a time when upsets like this were the rare exception rather than the rule.Salford: Broadbent; Sini, Naylor, McAvoy, Rogers; Blakeley, Watson; Platt, Edwards, Eccles, Forber, Faimalo, Hulme. Substitutes used: Randall, Savelio, Southern.Wigan: Robinson; Johnson, Connolly, Radlinski, Cardiss; Smith, Murdock; O’Connor, Cassidy, Holgate, Haughton, Tallec, Farrell. Substitutes used: Cowie, Wright, Hansen.Referee: R Smith (Castleford)..

There is hardly a dull day in the life of Seve Ballesteros, although that is nothing new. First the good news: despite a one-over-par 73, Ballesteros made his first cut of the season, at the seventh attempt, in the Peugeot Spanish Open. The bad news: he and his caddie, Martin Gray, agreed on a mutual separation. A split has been brewing for a while, but it came to a head at the sixth hole, Ballesteros’s 15th of the day, when he found the water on the left of the par-five for the second day running. In a discussion on why the ball finished in the water, the word “stupid” may have been used more than once.