Snooker World Championships

Other Crucible qualifiers tonight so far......

Alan McManus
Alexander Ursenbacher
Anthony Hamilton
Ashley Carty
Kurt Maflin
Noppon Saengkham

And finally on Judgement Day One........

Liang Wenbo beat Fergal O'Brien 10-9.
A superb 140 total clearance sealed victory.

Pleased for Hamilton, disappointed for Milkins.

A few less familiar names getting through though, which is good.

Qualifiers from Judgement Day 2:

Anthony McGill
Jamie Clarke
Jordan Brown
Mark King
Martin Gould
Matthew Stevens
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Tom Ford

Draw for First Round takes place tomorrow.

A few fresh faces, a few old sweats.

Good to see Matthew Stevens reach the Crucible

World Championship First Round Draw.
All matches best of 19 frames. Seeds in brackets.

Judd Trump (1) v Tom Ford
Yan Bingtao (16) v Elliot Slessor
Stephen Maguire (9) v Martin Gould
Kyren Wilson (8) v Anthony Hamilton
John Higgins (5) v Matthew Stevens
David Gilbert (12) v Kurt Maflin
Jack Lisowski (13) v Anthony McGill
Mark Allen (4) v Jamie Clarke

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Mark Williams (3) v Alan McManus
Stuart Bingham (14) v Ashley Carty
Ding Junhui (11) v Mark King
Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Mark Selby (7) v Jordan Brown
Shaun Murphy (10) v Noppon Saengkham
Barry Hawkins (15) v Alexander Ursenbacher
Neil Robertson (2) v Liang Wenbo

Robertson v Wenbo looks a cracker of a first round match.

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh could be one of the quickest first round games on record though i suspect The Rocket will have his work cut out in keeping up!!

Williams v McManus is a match to turn back time as is Higgins v Stevens.
Both could be intriguing if the qualifiers play to their best level.

Jack Lisowski could have a tussle on his hands with Anthony McGill in a contrast of styles. And O'Sullivan v Un-Nooh will be a case of don't blink or you might miss quite a lot .