Cuffy rocked the top order of the domestic champions with three quick strikes in the morning session after the home side resumed at their overnight 178 for one.

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Play had resumed at 4-4 after a first session which saw the two Englishmen rack up seven half-century breaks between them in an absorbing passage of snooker in which neither man was able to establish a substantial lead.

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Upson also resumed light training in the gym after sitting out the Saturday session with a high temperature.

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