7:01 PM

26 April 2004

I know something’s been lost in translation.

BBC SPORT | Other Sport | World Snooker | Crucible diary - day ten:

Chirpy, smiley, full of beans - these are just some of the words which do not describe first-time quarter-finalist David Gray.

Ironically, in contrast, beaten Lee Walker was chirpy, smiley and full of beans.

“I’m going to lose some weight and go to the gym for a month and a half,” he beamed after the match - surely a pledge to wipe the smile off the face of the biggest optimist.

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