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The table wasn't the worst I've played on but it was somewhere near there. You just had to trust to luck with the cushions to get position on key shots. If it hadn't been for a cushion Ricky would have won 9-7, so a bad table has got me through to the next round in a way and that's not how you want to win. I told Ricky after the match that only a cushion had cost him the match, and that if he keeps playing like that it won't be long before he's challenging for titles. It was a very good match all the way through and Ricky deserved to win. I'm just disappointed for Ricky that a table reacting the way you don't expect it to has cost him the match.
I'm not sitting here thinking 'yeah, yeah, I'm in the next round'. I would have been just as pleased to lose the match and see him go through. I want to win but it doesn't hurt me if I lose. That's not a good thing to be honest. I'm not proud of it. It's a no-win situation really. Maybe I'm losing that competitive instinct to want to win matches. Everyone around me says 'you've got to win this, you've got to win that' but I'm like 'chill out, man'. I'm happy with everything in my life and snooker is just a game. I'm just happy to be around. Life is good at the moment. I want to win snooker matches but if I had lost to Ricky I wouldn't have been too disappointed because he's a good lad and you have to wish your opponents well.