Snooker World Championship

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The World Championship gets under way on Saturday, here's the first round draw:

Martin Gould (Eng) v David Gilbert (Eng)
John Higgins (Sco) v Liang Wenbo (Chn)
Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Stephen Hendry (Sco)
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Ken Doherty (Ire)
Mark Allen (NI) v Cao Yupeng (Chn)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Luca Brecel (Bel)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Jamie Jones (Wal)
Matthew Stevens (Wal) v Marco Fu (HK)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Peter Ebdon (Eng)
Stephen Lee (Eng) v Andrew Higginson (Eng)
Judd Trump (Eng) v Dominic Dale (Wal)
Ding Junhui (Chn) v Ryan Day (Wal)
Graeme Dott (Sco) v Joe Perry (Eng)
Mark Selby (Eng) v Barry Hawkins (Eng)
Ali Carter (Eng) v Mark Davis (Eng)
Mark Williams (Wal) v Liu Chuang (Chn)

Looking forward to it, I'm going for a Mark Williams vs Judd Trump final.

[nickrex]

That would be a great final!

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Stephen Hendry makes a maximum on the first day of the tournament

[James_N]

Stunning play by Hendry today! I actually had a few quid on him to win the tournament! Might be a few steps too far though!

I'm not very good at this betting lark! Had a few quid on Doherty to beat robertson when the scores were pretty much even and put the remaining £6 on Huggins to beat Wenbo!

Overall it looks a great few weeks lineup with some great matches.

[Sir Bagalot]

Oh how snooker has fallen. A maximum used to pay £147K plus the £10K top break. Stephen will only pocket £40K plus £10K.

Have to admit that I haven't watched it for years now although I will be popping along to watch Snooker Legends this year.

[Thom987]

Gun said:

Stephen Hendry makes a maximum on the first day of the tournament

Just watched it, excellent.

[LilPeteMordino]

Was a good 147! Nice and early too!

Anyone know why Eurosport has the snooker advertised to be shown now, But I am currently sat watching road cyclists and not snooker?

Not the first time I have found a channel playing something different than what it says should be on.

[DocJock]

Fairly regular occurence on Eurosport I'm afraid.

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DocJock said:

Fairly regular occurence on Eurosport I'm afraid.

Happens regularly in their coverage of Le Mans as well.

[LilPeteMordino]

Really? That's a bit annoying.

Thanks for the heads up though!

[Busa mav]

Shows how long it is since I weatched any snooker.

Looked through the list and have only heard of 5 of them , I can remember a time in the early 80's when I just had to watch every match .

[hornetrider]

Busa mav said:

Shows how long it is since I weatched any snooker.

Looked through the list and have only heard of 5 of them , I can remember a time in the early 80's when I just had to watch every match .

Same here. Used to really be into it but not anymore.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/22/the-cr...

This kind of stuff isn't good either.

[Sir Bagalot]

hornetrider said:

Same here. Used to really be into it but not anymore.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/22/the-cr...

This kind of stuff isn't good either.

Back in the heyday Refs would miss that kind of foul too but the player would always call foul. I've seen Jimmy White lose an important frame simply because he touched a colour that no one else saw but himself, he immediately called foul.

[jbudgie]

Mark Allen has always seemed to be a bit of a t**t to me.

[BMR]

Just caught the end of Shaun Murphy being knocked out 10-8 to someone called Jones??

The Jones guy celebrated when he potted the red to secure him the frame then he potted the white on the next colour he potted. So luckily for him that celebration didn't turn out to be premature!

[jbudgie]

Yes, noticed that--almost went wrong.

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Graeme Dott was battered by Joe Perry earlier, after the first session he's 8-1 down!

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Looks like a great match in the offing between Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan!

[Sterls]

Gun said:

Looks like a great match in the offing between Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan!

Good so far. Ronnie is cueing well.

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O'Sullivan's on fire at the moment. He's unbeatable when he plays like this.