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Liam Davies is UK snooker’s brightest prospect but his legendary practice partner keeps him grounded

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Liam Davies cemented his position as the brightest young star in UK snooker last month when he became the first player ever to win the IBSF Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 World Championships in the same year, not that his practice partner Mark Williams was congratulating him.Davies turned 16 in June, shortly after he wrote another piece of snooker history, becoming the youngest player to ever win a match at the World Championship when he beat Aaron Hill in qualifying, only to follow that up by downing Fergal O’Brien in the next round.He didn’t quite make it to the Crucible, but back on the junior scene he is clearing up and after returning to South Wales, what he achieved during two weeks in Romania it is sinking in, having already won the European Under-18s earlier this year.‘When I was doing it it didn’t really feel like anything, it was all just a blur, but it’s starting to sink in a bit now and that it’s a bit special,’ Davies told Metro.co.uk.‘If I went over there and won the Under-16s it would have been a great achievement, to win a World Championship and European championship in the same year.

But you win the Under-16s, then you want to win the Under-18s, then you think you can win the Under-21s, so to win all three is unbelievable really.’Davies is clearly supremely talented, but he also has a great set-up around him, practicing with three-time world champion Mark Williams and fellow rising star Jackson Page regularly, while he is coached by current World Seniors champion Lee Walker.Mark Allen reveals Ronnie O'Sullivan chat has led to four stone weight loss'People are not happy' — Mark Allen voices growing concerns over snooker tourGraeme Dott slams Crucible critics: 'I think it's a little bit of an excuse'Beati

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