World Snooker Championship 2021

BBC have got Hazel Irvine on the case.

How long has Neil Robertson looked like Harpo Marks

Day One.
All matches in First Round.
Best of 19 frames

Result:
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) bt Mark Joyce 10-4

Overnight scores:
Yan Bingtao (10) 4-4 Martin Gould
Stephen Maguire (8) 4-5 Jamie Jones
Neil Robertson (3) 6-3 Liang Wenbo
David Gilbert (15) 7-2 Chris Wakelin

Day Two.

Results:
Yan Bingtao (10) bt Martin Gould 10-6
David Gilbert (15) bt Chris Wakelin 10-4
Neil Robertson (3) bt Liang Wenbo 10-3
Jamie Jones bt Stephen Maguire (8) 10-4

Overnight scores:
Anthony McGill (16) 5-4 Ricky Walden
John Higgins (5) 3-4 Tian Pengfei

I wonder what shade of crimson Maguire's face ended up as

Day Three.

Results:
Anthony McGill (16) bt Ricky Walden 10-5
John Higgins (5) bt Tian Pengfei 10-7
Kyren Wilson (6) bt Gary Wilson 10-8


Overnight scores:
Ding Junhui (9) 5-4 Stuart Bingham
Jack Lisowski (14) 5-4 Ali Carter

Higgins did both really badly to get 7-4 behind, and then really well to recover the situation, however long it took.

Lisowski scraped through a decider against Carter, but Bingham got through a decider against Ding. No "HumDINGer" headlines this year.

Day Four.

Results:
Jack Lisowski (14) bt Ali Carter 10-9
Mark Allen (13) bt Lyu Haotian 10-2
Stuart Bingham bt Ding Junhui (9) 10-9


Overnight scores:
Judd Trump (2) 7-2 Liam Highfield
Barry Hawkins (11) 6-3 Matthew Selt

Day Five.

Results:
Judd Trump (2) bt Liam Highfield 10-4
Barry Hawkins (11) bt Matthew Selt 10-3
Mark Williams (12) bt Sam Craigie 10-4

Overnight scores:
Shaun Murphy (7) 4-5 Mark Davis
Mark Selby (4) 8-1 Kurt Maflin