2016 World Snooker Championship

[crispy1978]

The draw in format (Match Referee in brackets):

Stuart Bingham v Ali Carter (Paul Collier)
Stephen Maguire v Alan McManus (Olivier Marteel)
Ricky Walden v Robbie Williams (Greg Coniglio)
John Higgins v Ryan Day (Paul Collier)
Judd Trump v Liang Wenbo (Marcel Eckardt)
Martin Gould v Ding Junhui (Zheng Weili)
Mark Williams v Graeme Dott (Zheng Weili)
Neil Robertson v Michael Holt (Olivier Marteel)
Shaun Murphy v Anthony McGill (Marcel Eckardt)
Marco Fu v Peter Ebdon (Brendan Moore)
Barry Hawkins v Zhang Anda (Jan Verhaas)
Ronnie O'Sullivan v David Gilbert (Jan Verhaas)
Mark Allen v Mitchell Mann (Greg Coniglio)
Joe Perry v Kyren Wilson (Colin Humphries)
Michael White v Sam Baird (Colin Humphries)
Mark Selby v Robert Milkins (Brendan Moore)

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And here is the playing schedule.

Given that Bingham is playing 10am Saturday, I assume that the match numbers relate to those going down the draw in format (so match 2 is Maguire v McManus, match 12 is O'Sullivan v Gilbert)

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Odds to win:

Each Way 1/2 1-2

Ronnie O'Sullivan 7/4
Neil Robertson 11/2
Judd Trump 13/2
Mark Selby 9/1
Shaun Murphy 10/1
John Higgins 18/1
Ding Junhui 20/1
Mark Allen 25/1
Stuart Bingham 28/1
Barry Hawkins 28/1
Stephen Maguire 40/1
Ricky Walden 40/1
Mark Williams 66/1
Joe Perry 80/1
Ali Carter 80/1
Marco Fu 80/1
Martin Gould 80/1
Kyren Wilson 80/1
Anthony McGill 100/1
Michael White 100/1
Graeme Dott 125/1
Liang Wenbo 125/1
Ryan Day 150/1
Michael Holt 200/1
Robert Milkins 200/1
Peter Ebdon 250/1
Alan McManus 250/1
David Gilbert 250/1
Zhang Anda 400/1
Sam Baird 400/1
Robbie Williams 500/1
Mitchell Mann 500/1

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Marco Fu 10-2 Peter Ebdon
Stuart Bingham 9-10 Ali Carter
Shaun Murphy 8-10 Anthony McGill
Stephen Maguire 7-10 Alan McManus
Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7 Dave Gilbert
Mark Williams 10-4 Graeme Dott
Michael White 7-10 Sam Baird
Ricky Walden 10-8 Robbie Williams
Mark Selby 10-6 Robert Milkins
John Higgins 10-3 Ryan Day
Neil Robertson 6-10 Michael Holt
Mark Allen 10-3 Mitchell Mann
Barry Hawkins 10-5 Zhang Anda
Martin Gould 9-10 Ding Junhui
Judd Trump 10-8 Liang Wenbo
Joe Perry 9-10 Kyren Wilson

Defending champ out then. Crucible Curse strikes again (as much as I hate the phrase!)

Ronnie through to Round 2, but the 'Thunder from Down Under' is out.

7 seeds out in Round One.

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And Steve Davis has officially announced his retirement from snooker at the ripe old age of 58.

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Round 2:

Ali Carter v Alan McManus (Terry Camilleri)
Ricky Walden v John Higgins (Colin Humprhies)
Judd Trump v Ding Junhui (Jan Verhaas)
Mark Williams v Michael Holt (Paul Collier)
Anthony McGill v Marco Fu (Olivier Marteel)
Barry Hawkins v Ronnie O'Sullivan (Brendan Moore)
Mark Allen v Kyren Wilson (Marcel Eckardt)
Michael White v Mark Selby (Zheng Weili)

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Maltese referee Terry Camilleri has arrived for the second round (not quite sure why they need an extra ref unless some of the newer ones are Round 1 only)

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That's Round One done. Great final match between Joe Perry and Kyren Wilson.

[fling]

That's Round One done. Great final match between Joe Perry and Kyren Wilson.

Totally agree.
Looking forward to the rest of the tournament.

[Ginge]

The 18th frame of the Perry/Wilson match was fantastic, cant believe Perry went for that free ball black but got away with it. Well, for that frame at least!

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The 18th frame of the Perry/Wilson match was fantastic, cant believe Perry went for that free ball black but got away with it. Well, for that frame at least!

Yeah, don't know how long it lasted, but it was engrossing! Yeah I agree with you with the freeball black - thought the blue would have given a decent angle to get to the pink as well in to the corner.

Roll on Round 2, and beyond!

[Ginge]

Lasted 55 minutes, I think.

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Round 2 Results:

Marco Fu 13-9 Anthony McGill
Ali Carter 11-13 Alan McManus
Mark Williams 13-8 Michael Holt
Mark Selby 13-11 Sam Baird
Judd Trump 10-13 Ding Junhui
Mark Allen 9-13 Kyren Wilson
Ronnie O'Sullivan 12-13 Barry Hawkins
John Higgins 13-8 Ricky Walden

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They seem to be having significant problems on the right hand table as we look on TV (Table 1 I think) with big bounces off cushions, kicks galore, etc.

Was watching the McManus/Carter match earlier and the table was playing awful.

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Frame 22 of the Selby/Baird match was one of "those" frames - pure scrap!!

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That's my e/w tip out of the tournament (Mark Allen)!

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Quarter Finals

Alan McManus v John Higgins (Marcel Eckardt)
Ding Junhui v Mark Williams (Terry Camilleri)
Marco Fu v Barry Hawkins (Jan Verhaas)
Kyren Wilson v Mark Selby (Colin Humphries)

Think that will leave Brendan Moore and Olivier Marteel for the semis. Paul Collier has the final.

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Great win for Barry Hawkins beating Ronnie.

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Odds on winner:

Each Way 1/3 1-2
John Higgins 3/1
Mark Selby 10/3
Ding Junhui 7/2
Barry Hawkins 9/2
Kyren Wilson 9/1
Marco Fu 12/1
Mark Williams 14/1
Alan McManus 40/1

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Results:
Ding Junhui 13-3 Mark Williams (wins with a session to spare)
Mark Selby 13-8 Kyren Wilson
John Higgins 11-13 Alan McManus (first World semi-final since 1993 for McManus)
Marco Fu 13-11 Barry Hawkins