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Stephen Hendry offers advice to snooker prospect: ‘That was completely the wrong thing to say’

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Stephen Hendry has advice from personal experience (Picture: PA) Stephen Hendry has urged top British prospect Stan Moody to keep his cool against different styles of play, remembering how he got frustrated in his early days as a professional. Moody only turned 20 this week but has already made great strides in the game, currently ranked number 39 in the world. That impressive ranking was helped by a quarter-final run at the recent British Open, where he beat Zhang Anda in a decider and then legendary four-time world champion John Higgins 4-2 in the last 16. The Yorkshireman then suffered a 5-2 defeat to Liam Highfield in the last eight and Hendry felt his attitude let him down. The seven-time world champ likes plenty about Moody’s personality, but feels he needs to improve on his mindset when things are not going as he would like. ‘I wasn’t happy with his attitude in the match he lost to Highfield,’ Hendry told WST’s Snooker Club podcast . ‘I don’t know whether the speed at which High