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UK Championship: Sam Baird was ‘desperate’ to reach round two
- Updated: November 23, 2016
Sam Baird has already ensured £5,000 in prize money at the UK Championship
Sam Baird says he was “desperate” to end a run of three successive first-round defeats at the UK Championship after seeing off Sean O’Sullivan 6-2.
The Devon-born world number 46 was always in control against Londoner O’Sullivan.
But he felt he laboured at times before earning his place in round two at the York Barbican.
Baird, who now lives in …
