Steve Davis (ENG) vs Valmos Foldes (HUN)

Davies 1 Foldes 0

Foldes breaks on the left. Packets the the wings ball and another on the left side, but scratches. All balls wide open.

Davis gets on the table and clears.
 
Davis 2 Foldes 0

Breaks on the right and gets 3 balls. Takes the 3 and collides with the nine. No easy shot on the 4. Goes for a confident tough cut to the right side packet. 5 on the side packet, which offers no cut in and the left cut to the head right offers a scratch. Davis banks stop to the left corner. wow he made it.

Clears the rest for a 2 nil lead.
 
Davis 2 Foldes 1

Foldes breaks on the left and makes 2 balls. No good shot on the 3 and goes for covers.

Davis kicks and leaves a tester for the young lad.

Foldes overcuts the 3 and leaves a bank.

Davis banks the 3 in with a position on the 4.

Davis misses an easy reverse cut on the 4 to the left head corner.

Foldes goes for the safety.

Davis attempts a safety, but offers the 4 as a gift.

Foldes receives the gift 4 and clears the 5, 6, 7, 8 9.
 
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Davis 2 Foldes 2

Davis breaks on the right side. Mid-speed and packets the right wing ball. Tricky 1 - 5 combo on the head rail.

Davis thinks long. Didn't want anything of it and attempts a poor safety.

Foldes doesn't want the offensive and goes for the safe.

Davis goes for covers too.

Foldes goes tricky on a safety too. Finally a real safety.

Davis kicks and offers a left long rail cut.

Foldes gets the 1 finally, then 2, 4, 5. Got a bit short on the 6 for the right side packet. Makes it and clears 7, 8 and 9.
 
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Davis 2 Foldes 3

Foldes breaks on the left nearly making the 7 on the right side packet and stays. A fly landing on it would have dropped it. :)

Davis tries a safety. Foldes tries as well, but failed a safety. Davis finally gets a safety.

Foldes tries a jumper for the 1 7 combo, but failed. Offers the 1 to Davis.

Davis gets the 1, 2, 3 and 4. Goes for the 5 9 combo.

Davis didn't attempt the combo and rather cuts the 5 to the left side packet. Misses the 5 and offers it to Foldes.

Foldes goes for the 5, 6 and near fumbles on the 7 and leaves CB very close to the 7 to the right side packet. Leaves a tough cut on the head rail for the 8, but deposited. Clears the 9 for the win.
 
Davis 2 Foldes 4

Davis breaks and makes 2 balls. Has a shot on the 3. Shots the 3, but was short on the position for the 4. Davis goes for covers.

Foldes returns the favor, but gives Davis a cut to the left head corner.

Davis misses and Foldes takes it. Foldes snookers himself for the 5. Foldes kicks and hides. Davis attempts a table lenght left head rail slicer, but misses again.

Foldes runs for cover again. Davis offered the 5. 6 was for covers again, but short.

Foldes gets the 6, 7, 8 and clears the 9 for the hill.
 
Davis 3 Foldes 4

Foldes left breaks and makes the left wing ball. Nothing on the 1. Kicks for the 1 and leaves Davis a 1 5 combo.

Davis takes the combo and gets a shot on the 1. Packets the 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and the 9 to stay alive.
 
Davis 4 Foldes 4

Davis right breaks and gets the 6 on the top left. 1 offers no offensive and Davis goes for the cover. CB cuddles behind the 2.

Foldes kicks and fouls.

Davis goes for the 1 4 combo and makes the 4. Gets the 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and the 9 to go hill hill.
 
Davis 4 Foldes 5

Foldes breaks on the left and gets 4 wing ball on the left. No shot on the 1 near the top left packet covered by the 8. Foldes goes for the soft kick safe.

Davis goes for the soft safe, but show a bit of the 1.

Foldes tries a bad safety and offers a straight in long 1.

Davis attempts poorly and misses. Double kicks the CB and scratches on the top left corner.

Foldes takes the 1 and over runs the 2 for a blind cut to the right top corner. Foldes makes the 2 for an easy 3, but a tough position play for the 5. Foldes makes a good position play to the 5. Packets the 5, 6 and collides with the 7. Cuts it to the right side packet and makes the 8 and 9 to win the match.
 
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Sounds like a very sloppy match. Definitely not what you would expect from Davis.

Mike
 
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