Jamie Clarke is relishing a battle against his snooker hero - but has no qualms in meeting Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Welshman Clarke thrives in the pressure cauldron of the qualifying stages for snooker's most prestigious events. And he has now made it to the revamped UK Championship in York, fuelled by the self-belief that has arisen from two recent Crucible visits.
Fellow qualifier Tom Ford created headlines by claiming pros were 'deluded' for wanting world no.1 O'Sullivan in the last-32 draw. But while Clarke's enticing all-Welsh draw against his childhood idol Mark Williams is hardly straightforward - he did not share Ford's fears over a clash with the Rocket.
