Players Championship

Hawkins saw off Walden, and tomorrow plays the winner of tonight's clash between the non-brothers, Neil and Jimmy Robertson.

Neil won 6-1.

First round draw:

Mark Allen v Joe O’Connor
Luca Brecel v Jack Lisowski
Ali Carter v Judd Trump
Robert Milkins v Tom Ford
Kyren Wilson v Zhou Yuelong
Ding Junhui v Gary Wilson
Mark Selby v Shaun Murphy
Ryan Day v Chris Wakelin

Joe O'Connor dumped Mark Allen out 6-3 in the first round whole Ryan Day saw off Chris Wakelin 6-2.

Some ominous stuff as the week wore on, from Carter seeing off Trump, to Murphy picking up where he left off on Sunday. The ITV4 commentary has been pretty one-dimensional too. At least Joe O'Connor did really well, and Ralf Little must be a shoo-in for his biopic. Otherwise seems tomorrow's final will be one to miss.

The final in theory should be a high quality match. But given the participants I think sleep may be a more preferable use of my time . Forgive any snoring .

Tubs won 10-4. So at least one of them lost

With a century blitz to boot.
11 in the tournament is just ridiculous and the top 5 breaks as well.
Hard to beat lights out snooker.

Certainly the top 5 breaks stat is impressive, 140+ for fun.

Starts 7pm tonight.

Tonight's matches
Judd Trump v Chris Wakelin
Ding Junhui v John Higgins

Draw
Judd Trump v Chris Wakelin
Tom Ford v Ali Carter
Mark Williams v Mark Allen
Gary Wilson v Hossein Vafaei

Zhang Anda v Noppon Saengkham
Ding Junhui v John Higgins
Barry Hawkins v Mark Selby
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Zhou Yuelong