Maguire shrugs off distractions

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The Glaswegian was interviewed by Strathclyde Police last week after their economic crime unit opened an investigation into the result of his December match against Burnett at the UK Championship. But world number two Maguire shrugged that aside as he beat Burnett 10-5 on Thursday night to set up a second round meeting with Mark King.

"I'm just here to play snooker," Maguire said. "I don't read much of what's going on."

He explained: "I'm distracted by nothing. I've been practising hard. Practice has gone well and it's paid off in the first match."

Maguire made three centuries in the match, including a total clearance of 127 in the final frame.

Beaten Burnett, a good friend of Maguire, with whom he shared plenty of banter during the match, refused to comment on the police investigation.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association have been conducting their own inquiry into the result of the match at Telford last December, which Maguire won 9-3.

Both players have strenuously denied any wrong-doing and have pledged to assist with the investigations.

Burnett said: "How other people see me and Stephen is up to them. I'm not going to act any differently towards Stephen for any reason.

"Before the match (on Thursday) we were friends, during the match we were friends and after the match we're friends. How other people look at it is just up to them."