https://twitter.com/skykaveh/status/1780325674902773826?s=46&t=yRtB8lhW_RucCjdm3dqcBw
8 of the 16 qualifying slots for the Crucible wrapped up today.
Jack Lisowski (17)
Lyu Haotian (26)
Stephen Maguire (28)
Stuart Bingham (29)
Ricky Walden (32)
Dominic Dale (40)
Jak Jones (44)
Robbie Williams (45)
The Spaceman’s first Championships in ten years, a great addition
Well well well.Fuck you Ronnie.
Neil Robertson will have to win a deciding frame against Jamie Jones to make the Crucible.
He looks gone here. 63 down with 67 left and snookered.
Robertson has had an horrific season. He’s down in the 80’s on one season rankings.
Robertson loses
Robertson is forever moaning about how he doesn’t like the Crucible and that the World Championship should be moved. He’s spared a trip there this year anyway.
Hear hear!
I just saw the last frame - jones did well to close it out.
Ryan day just through too
Final 8 slots at the Crucible all filled now. 11 of the 16 highest seeds in the qualifiers advanced. Chris Wakelin (20), Zhou Yuelong (21), Noppon Saengkhan (22), Neil Robertson (24), Anthony McGill (25) were the 5 to fall.
Ryan Day (18)
Hossein Vafaei (19)
Si Jiahu (23)
Pang Junxu (27)
Joe O’Connor (30)
David Gilbert (31)
Jamie Jones (41)
Jackson Page (43)
Ford v Walden
Brecel v Gilbert
Carter v Maguire
Murphy v Haotian
Allen v Williams R
Selby v O’Connor
Wilson k v Dale
Wilson G v Bingham
Hawkins v Day
Anda v Jones Jak
Ding v Lisowski
Milkins v PangJunxu
Trump v Vafaei
Higgins v Jones J
Williams M v Si Jiahui
Ronnie v Page
A few dingers there
Aargh ding v lisowski! That’s one of my fiver bets gone straightaway!
Trump v Vafaei. Lets see him put his money where his mouth is.
Here is the seeded draw.
Luca Brecel v David Gilbert
Robert Milkins v Pang Junxu
Ali Carter v Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy v Lyu Haotian
Mark Selby v Joe O’Connor
Kyren Wilson v Dominic Dale
John Higgins v Jamie Jones
Mark Allen v Robbie Williams
Judd Trump v Hossein Vafaei
Tom Ford v Ricky Walden
Zhang Anda v Jak Jones
Mark Williams v Si Jiahui
Ding Junhui v Jack Lisowski
Gary Wilson v Stuart Bingham
Barry Hawkins v Ryan Day
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Jackson Page
Luca Brecel (1) -v- David Gilbert
Robert Milkins (16) -v- Pang Junxu
Ali Carter (9) -v- Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy (8) -v- Lyu Haotian
Mark Selby (5) -v- Joe O’Connor
Kyren Wilson (12) -v- Dominic Dale
John Higgins (13) -v- Jamie Jones
Mark Allen (4) -v- Robbie Williams
Judd Trump (3) -v- Hossein Vafaei
Tom Ford (14) -v- Ricky Walden
Zhang Anda (11) -v- Jack Jones
Mark Williams (6) -v- Si Jiahui
Ding Junhui (7) -v- Jack Lisowski
Gary Wilson (10) -v- Stuart Bingham
Barry Hawkins (15) -v- Ryan Day
Ronnie O’Sullivan (2) -v- Jackson Page
Useful graphic of the full lineup
https://twitter.com/JamesSnooker/status/1780880243311493357?t=7K2DrdH2d_xs70Ylm36PKA&s=19
Its the most wonderful time of the year
Just looking at the draw there and the top half looks marginally easier than the bottom half. Allen must have a good chance with that draw