Snooker World Championship 2008
Snooker is back at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, who do you think will be crowned world champion come May 5th?
Here are all the first round fixtures:
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Ken Doherty (Ire) v Liang Wenbo (Chn)
John Higgins (Sco) v Matthew Stevens (Wal)
Ali Carter (Eng) v Barry Hawkins (Eng)
Ding Junhui (Chn) v Marco Fu (HK)
Mark Selby (Eng) v Mark King (Eng)
Peter Ebdon (Eng) v Jamie Cope (Eng)
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Nigel Bond (Eng)
Steve Davis (Eng) v Stuart Bingham (Eng)
Ryan Day (Wal) v Michael Judge (Ire)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Liu Chuang (Chn)
Mark Williams (Wal) v Mark Davis (Eng)
Graeme Dott (Sco) v Joe Perry (Eng)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Dave Harold (Eng)
Stephen Lee (Eng) v Joe Swail (NI)
Stephen Hendry (Sco) v Mark Allen (NI)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Anthony Hamilton (Eng)
I'm gonna go for the 'Jester from Leicester', Mark Selby. Think he's one of the best young players and he's a lot of fun to watch.
Gotta love the Beeb's coverage though, I'll be watching BBCi for the next few weeks. :)
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think ding may be in with a shot.
maybe stephen hendry will find his form of the olden days.
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Higgins is looking good to retain his championship. I thought he'd have a really tough opening match against Stevens but it wasn't to be, Higgins made it look easy.
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There have been so many matches that have gone to 9-9, leaving it all to play for in the 19th frame.
Stephen Hendry, Peter Ebdon and Ali Carter have all scraped through 10-9.
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cant believe mark allen got beat!!!!!!!!!
i loved watching him play, better than seeing stephen hendry's almost depressed looking face around the crucible.
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Can't believe Steve Davies got beat last night! So close, and he had the chances to win it! Still, he has got to be around 50 years old now so it wasn't a bad effort. :)
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I saw it too, couldn't believe he come back from 8-3 down and then gave Bingham the frame at 8-8 with the simplest black over the pocket !.
He had changes at 9-8 down to take it to a decider.
TiG
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I'm a fan of Mark Selby as well (being from Leicester myself) and was also annoyed to see Mark Allen go out :(
I'd also fancy John Higgins to take it after his superb play against Matthew Stevens or there is always Ronnie of course!
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Bah! Selby lost in the first round to King! There goes my prediction... :O_o1:
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I don't know what has gotten into Hendry these days, but he's showing some of his best form!
Then there's the Chinese prodigy, Liang Wenbo, the kid who goes for shots you wouldn't even think of - he has surely never heard of the word 'safe'. So much fun to watch though, his match against Swail last night was a classic.
Some great matches so far. :)
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You see O'sullivan's 147?, oh my what a 147. The pot on the 13th black to setup the penultimate red. wow!.
TiG
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I really enjoying watching this years snooker, Swail the come back King in that last frame I had no idea who was going to ~Win...
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liang ftw against ronnie!!
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TiG
You see O'sullivan's 147?, oh my what a 147. The pot on the 13th black to setup the penultimate red. wow!.
TiG
Watched it on iplayer last night.. absolutely stunning cueing.
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I saw Ronnie's 147 too, it was awesome! There have been a lot of great moments so far and it's remarkable how many matches have gone right down to the wire.
The highlight of the tournament so far for me has to be Liang's unknown pot yesterday against Swail. He fluked a red into the pocket, didn't notice and sat back down next to Swail...who was just sat there giggling away. It was well funny, never seen that before.
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ohhhhhhhh.... Peter Ebdon robbed of a 147... last black just wobbled in the jaws. SO close.. poor chap, must be gutted