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Next came an offer she could not refuse from band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter, Danny Jones and Harry Judd - free tickets to the show.

Williams jokingly made reference to playing Zhao in an exhibition when he was only a schoolboy after defeating Judd Trump on Saturday.

Three-time champion Mark Williams produced a vintage display to defeat world number one Judd Trump 17-14, becoming the oldest ever player to reach a World Championship final.

“One thing Garry used to say that had a big impact on me,” Judd Apatow, who wrote, produced and directed on “Sanders,” once told me, “was that the show was about people who loved each other but show business got in the way.”

When Parris is working with players like O'Sullivan, or fellow big-name clients Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor and Judd Trump, he is aiming to help them feel the kind of intrinsic trust sports stars must have in their equipment to succeed at the top level.