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Will anyone be watching the 17-day marathon?

 

Can Mark Selby retain his world title?

 

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

 

 

Draw will be done on Thursday.

 

 

Final Qualifying Round:

 

Ryan Day (Wales) v Peter Ebdon (England)

Daniel Wells (Wales) v Liam Highfield (England)

Adam Duffy (England) v Xiao Guodong (China)

Stuart Carrington (England) v Zhang Anda (China)

Graeme Dott (Scotland) v Mike Dunn (England)

Michael Holt (England) v Robert Milkins (England)

Rory McLeod (England) v Lyu Haotian (China)

Matthew Stevens (Wales) v Ken Doherty (Rep of Ireland)

Liang Wenbo (China) v Jamie Jones (Wales)

Jack Lisowski (England) v Alan McManus (Scotland)

Andrew Higginson (England) v Ricky Walden (England)

Mark Davis (England) v Joe Perry (England)

Tian Pengfei (China) v Chris Wakelin (England)

Alfie Burden (England) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand)

Jimmy Robertson (England) v Michael White (Wales)

Hossein Vafaei (Iran) v Stephen Maguire (Scotland)

 

 

It's the one remaining proper tournament, i.e. matches of a decent length.

Tomorrow, you'll be able to watch live streaming of the final day of qualifying on World Snooker Facebook page from 10am.

 

 

It's the one remaining proper tournament, i.e. matches of a decent length.

 

You're the only person other than myself & Mack who I've seen posting to a Snooker thread. :)

First session now complete and the 8 Qualifiers are:

Stuart Carrington

Graeme Dott

Robert Milkins

Matthew Stevens

Ricky Walden

Joe Perry

Chris Wakelin

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

The qualifiers, in order of seeding after the China Open:

 

(17) Ryan Day

(18) Stephen Maguire

(21) Graeme Dott

(22) Joe Perry

(25) Xiao Guodong

(27) Ricky Walden

(30) Jack Lisowski

(34) Jimmy Robertson

(37) Robert Milkins

(51) Jamie Jones

(52) Matthew Stevens

(55) Chris Wakelin

(56) Stuart Carrington

(58) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

(64) Liam Highfield

(68) Lyu Haotian

The qualifiers, in order of seeding after the China Open:

 

(30) Jack Lisowski

 

Pleased that he's made it - the only snooker pro from my home town. :)

First Round Draw

 

 

Mark Selby v Joe Perry

Mark Allen v Liam Highfield

Kyren Wilson v Matthew Stevens

Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones

John Higgins v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Stuart Bingham v Jack Lisowski

Luca Brecel v Ricky Walden

Judd Trump v Chris Wakelin

Ding Junhui v Xiao Guodong

Anthony McGill v Ryan Day

Marco Fu v Lyu Haotian

Barry Hawkins v Stuart Carrington

Mark Williams v Jimmy Robertson

Neil Robertson v Robert Milkins

Ali Carter v Graeme Dott

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stephen Maguire

Odds (skyBet)

 

 

Ronnie O'Sullivan 2/1f

Mark Selby 7/2

Judd Trump 7/1

Ding Junhui 12/1

John Higgins 12/1

Neil Robertson 16/1

Mark Williams 20/1

Barry Hawkins 22/1

Shaun Murphy 22/1

Mark Allen 25/1

Stuart Bingham 28/1

Kyren Wilson 33/1

Ryan Day 40/1

Marco Fu 80/1

Ali Carter 100/1

Anthony McGill 100/1

Jack Lisowski 100/1

Luca Brecel 100/1

Ricky Walden 100/1

Stephen Maguire 100/1

Joe Perry 150/1

Xiao Guodong 150/1

Graeme Dott 200/1

Jamie Jones 200/1

Matthew Stevens 200/1

Lu Haotian 250/1

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 300/1

Jimmy Robertson 400/1

Robert Milkins 400/1

Stuart Carrington 400/1

Liam Highfield 500/1

Chris Wakelin 750/1

I made the mistake of Youtubing 'Snooker Loopy', now it's stuck in my head! :banghead:

7-2 down is Mark Selby in his match against Perry who played some decent stuff.

 

 

Ronnie also trailing 6-3 to Maguire. Didn't see both the Top 2 trailing after the first session.

And Selby is out 10-4 to Joe Perry. Great win for Joe

 

And Selby is out 10-4 to Joe Perry. Great win for Joe

 

Much shortened odds for everyone else now.

Ronnie also trailing 6-3 to Maguire.

 

Then he stepped up a gear as he's apt to do, winning 7 of the last 8! :cheer:

That was expected from Ronnie. Maguire must be kicking himself, would have won a lot more if he kept a cool temperament.

Excellent win for Jamie Jones. He was only ahead twice in the whole match ... at 1-0 and 10-9.

 

Murphy had chances towards the end, he’ll be gutted.

Ding comfortably through to the second round, 10-3 against Xiao Guodong.

 

 

Lisowski finishes up with a 5-4 lead on Stuart Bingham after the first session.