Snooker World Championships

Looks good. Pleased for Cahill.

It will be particularly interesting to see how the good number of Chinese qualifiers get on. It is a major opportunity for them to showcase their ability and perhaps cause some upsets.

Saturday order of play:

* indicates match being played to it's conclusion

10.00am
Table 1: Mark Williams v Martin Gould
Table 2: Luca Brecel v Gary Wilson

2.30pm
Table 1: Neil Robertson v Michael Georgiou
Table 2: Ding Junhui v Anthony McGill

7pm
Table 1: Mark Williams v Martin Gould *
Table 2: Stephen Maguire v Tian Pengfei

What's the betting it could be an all Chinese Final this Year?

Martin Gould playing with a chalk pouch round his waist, I've never seen that before. Looks like it would get in the way when leaning against the table.

Poor Michael Georgiou on course to suffer a whitewash. He trails Neil Robertson 9-0 after their first session.

Saturday Result:
Mark Williams (1) bt Martin Gould 10-7

Sunday order of play:

* indicates match being played to it's conclusion

10.00am
Table 1: John Higgins v Mark Davis
Table 2: Ding Junhui 6-3 Anthony McGill *

2.30pm
Table 1: Shaun Murphy v Luo Longhao
Table 2: Luca Brecel 5-4 Gary Wilson *

7pm
Table 1: Neil Robertson 9-0 Michael Georgiou *
Table 2: Stephen Maguire 4-5 Tian Pengfei *

Sunday Results:
Ding Junhui (10) bt Anthony McGill 10-7
Neil Robertson (4) bt Michael Georgiou 10-1
Gary Wilson bt Luca Brecel (14) 10-9
Stephen Maguire bt Tian Pengfei 10-9

Monday order of play:

* indicates match being played to it's conclusion

10.00am
Table 1: Shaun Murphy 9-0 Luo Longhao *
Table 2: Mark Selby (3) v Zhao Xintong

2.30pm
Table 1: John Higgins 6-3 Mark Davis *
Table 2: Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) v James Cahill

7pm
Table 1: David Gilbert (16) v Joe Perry
Table 2: Mark Selby (3) v Zhao Xintong *

Great escape by Stephen Maguire tonight

Gary Wilson had to stave off a fightback from Luca Brecel to win a deciding frame that turned out to be the longest frame in Crucible history at 79 minutes and 31 seconds.
I saw every shot of that frame.
It was war of attrition stuff but Wilson held his nerve admirably.