Maguire tipped for glory

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Hamilton was beaten 10-3 by Maguire in the final first-round match at the Crucible on Thursday night, but knew well before then the writing was on the wall.

"He has a great chance of winning the world title this year and I found that out in the first half an hour," said Hamilton, who found himself 8-0 down and in danger of suffering only the second Crucible whitewash.

Maguire beat Hamilton in the quarter-finals 12 months ago and admitted he felt the title was in the bag when he led eventual champion John Higgins 14-10 in the semi-final.

"No disrespect to Mark Selby or Shaun Murphy, but I thought the winner of my match with John would win it and I should have been in the final," said the 27-year-old from Glasgow.

"But from 14-10 up John put me under extreme pressure and I never handled it.

"It's nice of Anthony to say that about me, he's been unlucky really. I've played him twice and been near the top of my game both times.

"If I play like that someone is going to have to play very well to beat me, and if that happens then good luck to them."