World Snooker Championship 2022

First Round Draw: (seed numbers in brackets)

Mark Selby (1) v Jamie Jones
Yan Bingtao (16) v Chris Wakelin
Barry Hawkins (9) v Jackson Page
Mark Williams (8) v Michael White
Kyren Wilson (5) v Ding Junhui
Stuart Bingham (12) v Lyu Haotian
Anthony McGill (13) v Liam Highfield
Judd Trump (4) v Hossein Vafaei

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Neil Robertson (3) v Ashley Hugill
Jack Lisowski (14) v Matthew Stevens
Luca Brecel (11) v Noppon Saengkham
John Higgins (6) v Thepchaiya un-Nooh
Zhao Xintong (7) v Jamie Clarke
Shaun Murphy (10) v Stephen Maguire (WTF )
Mark Allen (15) v Scott Donaldson
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) v David Gilbert

If O'Sullivan is knocked at any stage is it likely to be the last time we see him in the World Championship?

(14-04-2022 11:41 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  If O'Sullivan is knocked at any stage is it likely to be the last time we see him in the World Championship?

Why would it be?

Some interesting draws, especially when there were positive stories like Vafaei and Michael White qualifying yesterday. Ditto Dave Gilbert who must be wondering why he bothered.

Vafei going after Ronnie in an interview hmmmm be interesting if they met

https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/13/ronnie-os...ouktwitter

Stephen "the Maverick" Maguire? Was 'Maniac' too suggestive of instability?

Day One.

Result:
Mark Selby (1) bt Jamie Jones 10-7

Overnight scores:
Zhou Xintong (7) 7-2 Jamie Clarke
Barry Hawkins (9) 3-6 Jackson Page
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 6-3 David Gilbert
Shaun Murphy (10) 3-6 Stephen Maguire

has ronnie responded to the Vafei criticism ? would love to see what he says

(16-04-2022 23:02 )Snooks Wrote:  Day One.

Shaun Murphy (10) 3-6 Stephen Maguire

Happened to see the last frame, with commentators kissing Tubs' feet about how had he finished 2-7 behind, he would struggle, but somehow 3-6 was virtually neck & neck

Ronnie was polite about Vafaei as I read it; since they're unlikely to meet at Sheffield, it will only come up months down the line, if at all.

Day Two.

Results:
Zhou Xintong (7) bt Jamie Clarke 10-2
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) bt David Gilbert 10-5
Jackson Page bt Barry Hawkins (9) 10-7
Stephen Maguire bt Shaun Murphy (10) 10-8
Come on Zhou Xintong!!

Overnight scores:
Anthony McGill (13) 6-3 Liam Highfield
Mark Williams (8) 7-2 Michael White

Ronnie wears his namesake Ronnie Barker's glasses for his post match interview.

Well it's goodnight from Dave Gilbert.