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.

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

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DocJock said:

Fairly regular occurence on Eurosport I'm afraid.

Happens regularly in their coverage of Le Mans as well.

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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!

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

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Mr Pies said:

Who's in the semis now chaps? I've lost track a bit due to work commitments.

Quarter final draw is; Stephen Maguire v Stephen Hendry, Matthew Stevens v Ryan Day, Jamie Jones v Ali Carter and Ronnie O'Sullivan v Neil Robertson.

Surprised that Stephen Hendry has retired, think he was still more than capable of getting to the final of a tournament. Perhaps he couldn't be bothered with all the travelling involved in the game at the moment.

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Yep, Ronnie is playing some amazing snooker at the moment, think this is the best I've seen him play for years!

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Blackpuddin said:

Carter's a broken man.

He just can't get going today.

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Well done Ronnie , he's played some excellent snooker over the course of the tournament, head and shoulders above everyone else these last two weeks.

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The Graeme Dott and Peter Ebdon match is taking forever, they've played 3 frames since 10am this morning and they were already one behind schedule!

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Don't think I've ever seen Robertson miss so many easy pots!

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Ronnie's back playing today, will be interesting to see if he's kept his focus despite not playing for a week.

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I am starting to find Judd quite frustrating to watch at times, there have been a few shots in this match where he'd have been far better off reigning it in a bit but he insisted on belting it.

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Judd's getting his arse kicked at the moment, Murphy is playing pretty well.

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Wow, 97% pot success and 100% long pot success! Unplayable when he's like this.

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Well I don't think it's possible to play four frames of snooker much better than Ronnie played there, brilliant stuff!

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MX7 said:

6-0. Ouch.

7-0 now, got to feel sorry for Bingham, this is just astonishing stuff from Ronnie.

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Well done Stuart!