article_snippet.sent: Former world champion Ken Doherty launched a spirited fightback to lead snooker's top woman player Reanne Evans 5-4 at the interval of their World Championship first qualifying round match in Sheffield.
article_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans trails Former world champion
article_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans is taking on Former world champion Ken Doherty in a World Championship qualifier and
article_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans took the opening frame 71-15 .
article_snippet.sent: But Reanne Evans settled and hit back brilliantly, taking the next three frames to build an imposing lead .
article_snippet.sent: Of the 10 matches taking place simultaneously on Thursday morning at the Ponds Forge international sports centre in Sheffield, all eyes were on Reanne Evans, a big outsider against Former world champion Ken Doherty despite being a 10-time world champion herself.
article_snippet.sent: But Reanne Evans quickly got over them to win the tactical battle in the next two frames and then rattled up the first break above 50 in the match, a 51 to win the fourth frame after Former world champion Ken Doherty fluffed a black.
article_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans came up against a resurgent Former world champion Ken Doherty after the mid-session interval and Reanne Evans now holds the lead .
article_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans looked grim-faced as Reanne Evans fell behind but levelled the match by winning the fifth frame 68-0 and the sixth with a break of 64.
article_snippet.sent: Evans, who was invited by snooker's governing body to take part in World Championship qualifying, retook the lead by winning the seventh frame on the final pink.
highlights_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans faces Ken Doherty in World Championship qualifier .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans lost the first frame  71-15 against the 1997 World Champion .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Reanne Evans replied well, winning the next three  before the mid-session interval .
  
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