Snooker World Championship

[AlexRS2782]

BBC have the 2 majors but occasionally show some others on the red button / interactive service.

The Home Nations championships are appear to be part of the Discovery network broadcast as the one just gone & the previous were broadcast fully on Eurosport, but additional free to air coverage of the afternoon games was avaiilable on Quest.

[Stan the Bat]

ITV4 also shows some of the competitions.

Quite a lot of snooker around again these days.

[BlackLabel]

Things kick off on Saturday.

Bottom half of the draw looks tougher than the top. Potential second round matches include Ronnie vs Maguire and Ding vs Trump with the winners facing off in the 1/4 final.

Williams seems to have a nice draw.



The first round schedule:

bbc said:

First round (best of 19 frames)

Saturday, 20 April

10:00

Mark Williams (Wal) v Martin Gould (Eng)

Luca Brecel (Bel) v Gary Wilson (Eng)

14:30

Neil Robertson (Aus) v Michael Georgiou (Cyp)

Ding Junhui (Chn) v Anthony McGill (Sco)

19:00

Mark Williams (Wal) v Martin Gould (Eng)

Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Tian Pengfei (Chn)

Sunday, 21 April

10:00

John Higgins (Sco) v Mark Davis (Eng)

Ding Junhui (Chn) v Anthony McGill (Sco)

14:30

Luca Brecel (Bel) v Gary Wilson (Eng)

Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Luo Honghao (Chn)

19:00

Neil Robertson (Aus) v Michael Georgiou (Cyp)

Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Tian Pengfei (Chn)

Monday, 22 April

10:00

Mark Selby (Eng) v Zhao Xintong (Chn)

Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Luo Honghao (Chn)

14:30

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v James Cahill (Eng)

John Higgins (Sco) v Mark Davis (Eng)

19:00

Mark Selby (Eng) v Zhao Xintong (Chn)

David Gilbert (Eng) v Joe Perry (Eng)

Tuesday, 23 April

10:00

Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Graeme Dott (Sco)

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v James Cahill (Eng)

14:30

David Gilbert (Eng) v Joe Perry (Eng)

Judd Trump (Eng) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha)

19:00

Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Graeme Dott (Sco)

Mark Allen (NI) v Zhou Yuelong (Chn)

Wednesday, 24 April

10:00

Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Li Hang (Chn)

Judd Trump (Eng) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha)

14:30

Mark Allen (NI) v Zhou Yuelong (Chn)

Kyren Wilson (Eng) v Scott Donaldson (Sco)

19:00

Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Li Hang (Chn)

Jack Lisowski (Eng) v Ali Carter (Eng)

Thursday, 25 April

13:00

Jack Lisowski (Eng) v Ali Carter (Eng)

19:00

Kyren Wilson (Eng) v Scott Donaldson (Sco)

"Let's get the boys on the baize".

[Bungleaio]

We are off to the Monday morning session after my Mrs bought tickets nearly a year ago. Can't wait to see from a different perspective after watching it on the TV for years.

[leglessAlex]

The Trump v Un-Nooh and the Ding v McGill could be excellent first round matches. Could be a couple of upsets there.

[Stan the Bat]

Bungleaio said:

We are off to the Monday morning session after my Mrs bought tickets nearly a year ago. Can't wait to see from a different perspective after watching it on the TV for years.

Looking forward to this.

Let us know how it goes.

[zetec]

leglessAlex said:

The Trump v Un-Nooh and the Ding v McGill could be excellent first round matches. Could be a couple of upsets there.

Un-Nooh is an amazing player, he needs to slow down a bit though, I don’t think he’s suited to the long version of the game.

[Stan the Bat]

A lot of good games to look forward to, wish the weather was st this week end.

[BlackLabel]

The young Chinese player, Zhao Xintong, that Selby has drawn is very good. On that note there’s a record 6 Chinese players in the 32 this year. A sign of things to come no doubt given how big the game is over there now.

[K50 DEL]

Wish I was actually able to watch this tournament somewhere.....4 days off work and no coverage anywhere that I can find!

[johnxjsc1985]

K50 DEL said:

Wish I was actually able to watch this tournament somewhere.....4 days off work and no coverage anywhere that I can find!

BBC2

[SydneyBridge]

If not on live, will be on red button

[Stan the Bat]

BlackLabel said:

The young Chinese player, Zhao Xintong, that Selby has drawn is very good. On that note there’s a record 6 Chinese players in the 32 this year. A sign of things to come no doubt given how big the game is over there now.

A few good Thai players coming through as well.

[BlackLabel]

Maguire is in trouble here - and doing his usual feeling sorry for himself act.

[technodup]

Maguire doesn't have the temperament to be a really top player. He can't keep his emotions in check and it affects him and helps his opponents. He should see someone about it tbh, but if he hasn't by now he never will.

[K50 DEL]

technodup said:

Maguire doesn't have the temperament to be a really top player. He can't keep his emotions in check and it affects him and helps his opponents. He should see someone about it tbh, but if he hasn't by now he never will.

I was thinking the same thing, half waiting for him to throw his cue across the room!

Think the Brecel match is a better one to watch this evening.

[BlackLabel]

This has turned out to be a really good match - that frame (with the fluke) where Maguire needed a snooker to stay in the match was quite something.

[technodup]

He did well in the end. The blue was outrageous.

As a fellow Glaswegian I'd like to see him do well but when he's banging the table, bouncing the cue off the ground and generally looking like he's watching his neighbour pump his Mrs it won't happen.

[simoid]

Fascinating start to O’Sullivan and rookie Cahill’s match so far.

[SydneyBridge]

Don't think Cahill will be an amateur for much longer, excellent match