The 30-year-old became only the ninth qualifier to reach a Crucible final.
DARREN Ferguson says Oxford United will begin as favourites when the second leg of the play-off semi-final against his Peterborough United side kicks off next week.
Hat-trick hero James Lowe accepts Leinster must raise their game if they are to end an agonising wait for a fifth European Champions Cup rugby title.Leinster, beaten in the last two Champions Cup finals by French club La Rochelle, will now face the winners of Sunday's second semi-final between record five-time European kings Toulouse and Harlequins in this season's showpiece match at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 25.