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Stevens wins Championship League to seal Premier League return

MATTHEW STEVENS overcame tiredness in adversity to outlast Shaun Murphy and claim the 2011 Championship League Snooker title to qualify for the Premier League.

It finished 3-1 but Stevens, the World No.16, was fighting tiredness after playing near enough eight hours a day every day this week.

Starting out in Group 7 on Monday, Stevens won through to the final group where he overcame some of the biggest names in the game to triumph. His reward is £30,050 in prize-money as well as a coveted spot in this year’s PartyCasino.com Premier League.

He nearly did not make it into the event as a delayed flight from Dublin early on Monday morning, coupled with nightmare traffic on the M25, saw him arrive nearly two hours late at Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex.

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