First Round Draw

 

 

Mark Selby (Eng) v Kurt Maflin (Nor)

Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Anthony McGill (Sco)

Joe Perry (Eng) v Zhang Anda (Chn)

Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Robin Hull (Fin)

Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Matthew Selt (Eng)

Mark Allen (NI) v Ryan Day (Wal)

Ali Carter (Eng) v Alan McManus (Sco)

Neil Robertson (Aus) v Jamie Jones (Wal)

Ding Junhui (Chn) v Mark Davis (Eng)

John Higgins (Sco) v Robert Milkins (Eng)

Marco Fu (HK) v Jimmy Robertson (Eng)

Judd Trump (Eng) v Stuart Carrington (Eng)

Ricky Walden (Eng) v Graeme Dott (Sco)

Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Robbie Williams (Eng)

Mark Williams (Wal) v Matthew Stevens (Wal)

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Craig Steadman (Eng)

 

Will anyone be watching the 17-day marathon?

 

Can Mark Selby become the first person to retain it after winning it for the 1st time last year.

 

Who do you think will win the world title at the Crucible?

 

ODDS: (Coral)

 

O'Sullivan 2-1f

N Robertson 9-2

Trump 11-2

Selby 17-2

Murphy 9-1

Junhui 14-1

Allen 25-1

Higgins 33-1

Maguire 33-1

M Williams 40-1

Bingham 40-1

Hawkins 50-1

Perry 66-1

Walden 80-1

Fu 80-1

Carter 80-1

Dott 80-1

Day 150-1

Selt 150-1

Davis 150-1

McGill 200-1

Stevens 200-1

Milkins 200-1

McManus 200-1

Maflin 250-1

Jones 300-1

Hull 300-1

R Williams 500-1

J Robertson 500-1

Anda 500-1

Steadman 1000-1

Carrington 1000-1

This is what I think of as proper snooker, i.e. none of this "best of nine frames" nonsense.

Anyone watching the snooker at all, or am I the only snooker fan on Buzzjack?

 

Results:

Mark Selby 10-9 Kurt Maflin

John Higgins 10-5 Robert Milkins

Marco Fu 10-6 Jimmy Robertson

Ricky Walden 8-10 Graeme Dott

 

Just watching the end of the McGill v Maguire match. A good win for the Crucible debutant.

Barry Hawkins just can't close out matches can he? Last year he was 11-5 up against Dominic Dale then Dale fought back, but Hawkins won 13-12 and today Barry was 7-2 up against Matthew Selt and then won 10-9.

 

Neil Robertson comfortably through to the next round with a 10-2 win over Jamie Jones.

 

 

Judd Trump going through 10-6 against Stuart Carrington. Although he was 7-2 up and Carrington did fight back.

 

How do people see the second-round matches going?

 

Mark Selby v Anthony McGill

Joe Perry v Murphy/Hull

Barry Hawkins v Mark Allen

Ali Carter v Neil RObertson

Ding Junhui v John Higgins

Marco Fu v Judd Trump

Graeme Dott v Stuart Bingham

Matthew Stevens v Ronnie O'Sullivan

The Crucible Curse continued last night as Mark Selby lost 13-9 to Anthony McGill.

 

Four-time world champion John Higgins went out 13-9 to Ding Junhui who goes through to only his second world quarter-final.

 

 

Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy both comfortably through to the quarter-finals with Trump beating Fu 13-8 and Murphy beating Perry 13-5.

 

 

Currently:

 

Judd Trump 6-2 Ding Junhui

Shaun Murphy 4-4 Anthony McGill

Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-2 Stuart Bingham

Barry Hawkins 1-1 Neil Robertson

 

Anyone at all watching the quarter-finals of the World Championship?

 

 

30 years today since The Black Ball Final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis.

 

 

 

Semi-final stage now at The Crucible with currently in the semi-finals:

 

Shaun Murphy leading Barry Hawkins 6-2 and at the moment Stuart Bingham leading Judd Trump 4-2 after he knocked out Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-9 in the quarter-finals.

After the second session in the final:

 

Shaun Murphy 9-8 Stuart Bingham

 

Anyone at all watching this?

 

 

I seem to be making a habit of only seeing the end of sessions. I saw the last couple frames tonight, including Bingham finishing with a bit of a flukey red from a snooker, and then missing a fairly simple blue.

As we go into the final session with Stuart Bingham leading Shaun Murphy 14-11. This has quite easily been one of the best world finals for a long time.

 

 

I'm a few minutes behind, but what an extraordinary 31st frame that was :o

What a great final, with a worthy winner and a gracious loser.

One of the best world finals I've seen for a long time.

 

Well done to Stuart Bingham who has tried for 20 years as a professional to win it at the age of 38 which makes him the oldest winner since Ray Reardon. The bottle that Stuart showed during the last two frames was fantastic.

 

Shaun Murphy a gallant runner-up and showing some great sportsmanship in defeat.