During the World Snooker Championship coverage, Steve Davis abruptly halted a segment and turned away from the BBC cameras. This occurred during a break between frames in Judd Trump's second-round match against Shaun Murphy, where Davis attempted to recreate a shot by Murphy, which ended up going awry. Trump managed to secure his first frame of the match, reducing Murphy's lead to 2-1. This was after he had placed Murphy in a challenging snooker position behind the black ball early on in the game. The frame lasted for 30 minutes, an unusual occurrence for these two English stars who are known for their exciting playing style on the tour. Davis believed that a pivotal moment in the frame was when Murphy tried to escape from a snooker. This required precise cueing to hit with some side onto the bottom cushion, altering the direction while still managing to play safe. "What I am going to do is I am going to explain it, which is far more important," Davis started, standing in the practice room attempting to replicate the shot. "So he is aiming in this [bottom of the table] direction so once he hits the cushion he has got to, somehow, change the direction of the cue ball, swerve it," reports the Express . "So if I had my fingers to play the shot [flicks the cue ball around the black] like that, that's how you do it. Sort of a spinner in cricket." Davis made an attempt to recreate a particular shot using a cue this time, rather than his fingers, in the practice room. However, things didn't unfold as expected; he muffed both attempts and opted out of continuing the segment. In response, he turned away from the camera as host Richi Persad chuckled uncomfortably. "You've got to put left-hand side on and play it with backspin and then change direction on the cushion. I've borrowed Ben Woollaston's chalk... OK this is how you play the shot.." Despite his efforts, he couldn't achieve the desired swerve on the ball, uttering a sigh and inspecting the cue tip before attempting once more. The second try was even less successful, leading the pundit to set the cue down, cross his arms, and turn his back to the camera in mild frustration. Amused, Persad tried to redirect the focus: "I am trying to stay focused, we are going back to a very important match, Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump and... [laughs]... we will have a third go shall we? What a lovely way to spend a Sunday morning." Davis humorously retorted: "I'd rather run the [London] Marathon!" Yet, despite Davis' fondness for the shot he admired from the 20045 Crucible crowd pleaser, he wasn't able to successfully duplicate it himself. He then found himself lightly teased by commentator Dennis Taylor, who jokingly praised the "wonderful display" while more laughter could be heard throughout the broadcast.