The frame was already won but it certainly did not ease the tension clearly simmering between the pair in front of the packed Crucible audience.

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It consists of red lobster-print pajama bottoms (my version of an animal print), a lime-green thermal top, white sweat socks and a pair of flip-flops (yellow to add dramatic tension).

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