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    World Snooker Championship 2017

    He's finally gone and done it!

    After 5 consecutive years between 2011 and 2015 losing in the final round of Qualifying, with 3 of those years losing by the odd frame in 19, Fergal O'Brien is Back at the Crucible after a 7 year absence after a 10-9 win late last night over David Gilbert, which produced the longest final frame in professional snooker in the decider - a whopping 2 hrs, 3mins and 40 seconds!

    Delighted for him, and himself and Mark Allen will be in today's main draw for the Tournament which kicks off on Saturday. no-one deserves it more.

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    Fergal's "reward" is a crack at defending Champion Mark Selby on Saturday!

    ROUND 1 DRAW
    Mark Selby v Fergal O'Brien
    Anthony McGill v Stephen Maguire
    Kyren Wilson v David Grace
    John Higgins v Martin Gould
    Barry Hawkins v Tom Ford
    Marco Fu v Luca Brecel
    Shaun Murphy v Yan Bingtao
    Judd Trump v Rory McLeod
    Stuart Bingham v Peter Ebdon
    Ronnie O'Sullivan v Gary Wilson
    Ryan Day v Xiao Guodong
    Ding Junhui v Zhou Yuelong
    Neil Robertson v Noppon Saengkham
    Mark Allen v Jimmy Robertson
    Liang Wenbo v Stuart Carrington
    Ali Carter v Graeme Dott

    ROUND ONE SCHEDULE

    First Round (best of 19 frames)

    Saturday 15 April

    10:00
    Mark Selby (Eng) v Fergal O'Brien (Ire)
    Anthony McGill (Sco) v Stephen Maguire (Sco)

    14:30
    Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Gary Wilson (Eng)
    Kyren Wilson (Eng) v David Grace (Eng)

    19:00
    Mark Selby (Eng) v Fergal O'Brien (Ire)
    Anthony McGill (Sco) v Stephen Maguire (Sco)

    Sunday 16 April

    10:00
    Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Yan Bingtao (Chn)
    Kyren Wilson (Eng) v David Grace (Eng)

    14:30
    Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Gary Wilson (Eng)
    Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Peter Ebdon (Eng)

    19:00
    Marco Fu (HK) v Luca Brecel (Bel)
    Mark Allen (NI) v Jimmy Robertson (Eng)

    Monday 17 April

    10:00
    Ding Junhui (Chn) v Zhou Yuelong
    Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Peter Ebdon (Eng)

    14:30
    Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Yan Bingtao (Chn)
    John Higgins (Sco) v Martin Gould (Eng)

    19:00
    Marco Fu (HK) v Luca Brecel (Bel)
    Mark Allen (NI) v Jimmy Robertson (Eng)

    Tuesday 18 April

    10:00
    Liang Wenbo (Chn) v Stuart Carrington (Eng)
    John Higgins (Sco) v Martin Gould (Eng)

    14:30
    Ding Junhui (Chn) v Zhou Yuelong
    Judd Trump (Eng) v Rory McLeod (Eng)

    19:00
    Liang Wenbo (Chn) v Stuart Carrington (Eng)
    Allister Carter (Eng) v Graeme Dott (Sco)

    Wednesday 19 April

    10:00
    Ryan Day (Wal) v Xiao Guodong (Chn)
    Judd Trump (Eng) v Rory McLeod (Eng)

    14:30
    Neil Robertson (Aus) v Noppon Saengkham (Tha)
    Allister Carter (Eng) v Graeme Dott (Sco)

    19:00
    Ryan Day (Wal) v Xiao Guodong (Chn)
    Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Tom Ford (Eng)

    Thursday 20 April

    13:00
    Neil Robertson (Aus) v Noppon Saengkham (Tha)
    Second Round (best of 25 frames)
    Bingham/Ebdon v K Wilson/Grace

    19:00
    Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Tom Ford (Eng)
    Second Round (best of 25 frames)
    Murphy/Yan v O'Sullivan/G Wilson

    Second Round (best of 25 frames)

    Friday 21 April

    10:00
    Liang/Carrington v Ding/Zhou
    Bingham/Ebdon v K Wilson/Grace

    14:30
    Murphy/Yan v O'Sullivan/G Wilson
    Allen/J Robertson v Higgins/Gould

    19:00
    Liang/Carrington v Ding/Zhou
    Bingham/Ebdon v K Wilson/Grace

    Saturday 22 April

    10:00
    Murphy/Yan v O'Sullivan/G Wilson
    Allen/J Robertson v Higgins/Gould

    14:30
    Liang/Carrington v Ding/Zhou
    McGill/Maguire v Trump/McLeod

    19:00
    Allen/J Robertson v Higgins/Gould
    Selby/O'Brien v Day/Xiao

    Sunday 23 April

    10:00
    Robertson/Saengkham v Fu/Brecel
    Hawkins/Ford v Carter/Dott

    14:30
    Selby/O'Brien v Day/Xiao
    McGill/Maguire v Trump/McLeod

    19:00
    Robertson/Saengkham v Fu/Brecel
    McGill/Maguire v Trump/McLeod

    Monday 24 April

    13:00
    Selby/O'Brien v Day/Xiao
    McGill/Maguire v Trump/McLeod

    19:00
    Selby/O'Brien v Day/Xiao
    McGill/Maguire v Trump/McLeod

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    Can't wait for this, hoping to spend a few days midweek in Sheffield this week and next, its a great day out saw Mark Williams & Ding a couple of years back, one morning one afternoon, can't remember their opponents, maybe Ryan Day was one, but anyway £15 per match it was at the time and good seats. Great value for elite level players in their blue ribbon tournament I thought.

    What chance a new name on the trophy ?

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    Shared this on FB last night. 20 years on. Genius.



    For all his flaws, my all time favourite.

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    Bit of a nightmare for O'Brien on his return...

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    Disappointing for Fergal to work so hard to get thrashed, but in hindsight Selby was a tough draw given he was never going to be phased by Fergals playing speed.

    Of the opening weekend so far - Luca Brecel was outstanding against Marco Fu last night - he is going to be a tough out for anyone playing like that. Only 22, has a huge future.

    And Ronnie is still being Ronnie - would love to see him go deep into the competition, he seemed to be playing pretty well.

    Looking forward to the night session again this evening. Mark Allen has a fight on his hands against Robertson.

    For a laugh @STAND_AMS is well worth a follow on twitter during big snooker tournaments.

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    Hong Kong Cueman Fu has fought back to level his 1st round match with Brecel at 9-9. One of the best first round games I've seen ever. Winner has a chance of winning the tournament imo.

    Edit - Fu wins a cracking encounter 10-9, Allen through 10-8 v Robertson.
    Last edited by Real ale Madrid; 17/04/2017 at 11:27 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SkStu View Post
    Shared this on FB last night. 20 years on. Genius.

    [yt]bpeBugHSCnU[yt]

    For all his flaws, my all time favourite.
    20 years... oh my. And I was just coming to terms about KD's win that year. Completely forget that Ronnie's 147 was at the same tournament.

    Some great memories looking at the names in that tournament bracket.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_W...r_Championship
    DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?

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    Round 2 nearly complete - Shaun Murphy v Ronnie the pick of the ties but other games looking tasty also - Robertson v Fu stands out - assuming Robertson finishes off Noppon Saengkham later.

    Thursday 20 April

    13:00
    Neil Robertson (Aus) v Noppon Saengkham (Tha)
    Second Round (best of 25 frames)
    Bingham v K Wilson

    19:00
    Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Tom Ford (Eng)
    Second Round (best of 25 frames)
    Murphy v O'Sullivan

    Second Round (best of 25 frames)

    Friday 21 April

    10:00
    Liang v Ding
    Bingham v K Wilson

    14:30
    Murphy v O'Sullivan
    Allen v Higgins

    19:00
    Liang v Ding
    Bingham v K Wilson

    Saturday 22 April

    10:00
    Murphy v O'Sullivan
    Allen v Higgins

    14:30
    Liang v Ding
    Maguire v McLeod

    19:00
    Allen v Higgins
    Selby v Xiao

    Sunday 23 April

    10:00
    Robertson/Saengkham v Fu
    Hawkins/Ford v Dott

    14:30
    Selby v Xiao
    Maguire v McLeod

    19:00
    Robertson/Saengkham v Fu
    Maguire v McLeod

    Monday 24 April

    13:00
    Selby v Xiao
    Maguire v McLeod

    19:00
    Selby v Xiao
    Maguire v McLeod

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaun Murphy View Post
    I doubt if Ronnie reads his own emails. I am old-fashioned, I don’t agree all publicity is good publicity, and I doubt sponsors and broadcast partners like *seeing these two attacking each other. I don’t get it.
    Etc - http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-...livan-10252285

    So after upping the ante in the pre match, Murphy promptly missed a string of shots any of us might reasonably expect to knock in to trail 6-2 overnight Vs O'Sullivan. Don't poke the bear, or at least don't poke the bear and then deliver such impotence. They resume tomorrow.

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    John Higgins is not of this world, Mark Allen delivered a 98% pot success rate as far as six frames into their first session today including consecutive centuries and almost a third, yet Higgins somehow navigates it to come out only 3-5 behind overnight.

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    Did a sneaky bet at 66/1 on Dott to win, thats a big price for him me thinks

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    Fu just completed the 50th century of this years tournament, in what is the last second round match, the 2015 86 record could be on again.

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    Fu 12-11 up now on Robertson. Intriguing stuff.

    I've had a few bob each way on Stephen Maguire at 20/1 with Ladbrokes 1/3 of the odds. He looks in very good form and is in the weaker half of the draw, think he has a chance of making the final.

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    Fu wins 13-11 - plays Mark Selby next!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid View Post
    I've had a few bob each way on Stephen Maguire at 20/1 with Ladbrokes 1/3 of the odds. He looks in very good form
    Talented definitely but the commentators keep referring to his unfulfilled potential and skirting round the reasons for it. I wonder what they know that isn't for broadcast, what's being left unsaid here. Hawkins is a winnable quarter final though, lets see ..

    Anyway, the quarter final line up :


    Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Ding Junhui (Chn)

    Kyren Wilson (Eng) v John Higgins (Sco)

    Mark Selby (Eng) v Marco Fu (HK)

    Barry Hawkins (Eng) v Stephen Maguire (Sco)

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    Selby thrashes Fu 13-3 and Ding beats Ronnie

    Good semi-final all the same.

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    Question is : Will Ronnie win another one? Is his general Form on the downturn? I always thought he would but after watching him this week maybe not. Does he have the patience anymore?

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