2021 World Championships

[mikee]

Un-Noon lost to Igor ‘the bore’ Figueiredo

was he as boring and slow as Lee Walker ? Maybe Un Noo fell asleep waiting for his shot and unwittingly forfeited the match .

[Danger Steve]

was he as boring and slow as Lee Walker ? Maybe Un Noo fell asleep waiting for his shot and unwittingly forfeited the match .

Dunno Mikee I kinda went off snooker after that match for some reason, so I’ve missed the rest of qualifying, though I doubt I’ve missed much. Looking forward to the main event though, particularly seeing Robo & Maguire trample through their draws to set up my predicted final.

[DeanH]

FYI here are the sessions in UK time
https://livescores.worldsnookerdata....mpionship-2021

[Starsky]

Dunno Mikee I kinda went off snooker after that match for some reason, so I’ve missed the rest of qualifying, though I doubt I’ve missed much. Looking forward to the main event though, particularly seeing Robo & Maguire trample through their draws to set up my predicted final.

I take it you won’t be watching the World Seniors then as you favourite player is in it now

[Starsky]

FYI here are the sessions in UK time
https://livescores.worldsnookerdata....mpionship-2021

Thanks Dean

[Mr Snooker]

My first round predictions - just for fun please feel free to add yours as well

Ronnie O’Sullivan (1) 10-3 Mark Joyce

Ricky Walden 10-7 Anthony McGill (16)

Stuart Bingham 10-6 Ding Junhui (9)

Jamie Jones 10-8 Stephen Maguire (8)

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John Higgins (5) 10-5 Tian Pengfei

Mark Williams (12) 10-7 Sam Craigie

Mark Allen (13) 10-5 Lyu Haotian

Mark Selby (4) 10-6 Kurt Maflin

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Neil Robertson (3) 10-5 Liang Wenbo

Ali Carter 10-7 Jack Lisowski (14)

Barry Hawkins (11) 10-6 Matthew Selt

Kyren Wilson (6) 10-5 Gary Wilson

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Shaun Murphy (7) 10-8 Mark Davis

Martin Gould 10-9 Yan Bingtao (10)

David Gilbert (15) 10-8 Chris Wakelin

Judd Trump (2) 10-4 Liam Highfield

[Danger Steve]

I’ll have ago for what it’s worth.


ROS v MJ 10-3
AMG v RW 10-8
SB v DJ 10-7
SM v JJ 10-5

JH v TP 10-3
MW v SC 10-9
MA v LH 10-7
MS v KM 10-9

NR v LW 10-5
JL v AC 10-8
MS v BH 10-9
KW v GW 10-4

SM v MD 10-7
YB v MG 10-5
DG v CW 10-8
JT v LH 10-3

[Cue crafty]

Looks like everyone fancies ROS to beat Yootha!

[kligu]

I have never been good at this but it is always fun. So here we go:

ROS v MJ 10-5
AMG v RW 8-10
SB v DJ 10-9
SM v JJ 8-10

JH v TP 10-6
MW v SC 10-4
MA v LH 8-10
MS v KM 10-6

NR v LW 10-5
JL v AC 7-10
MS v BH 10-9
KW v GW 8-10

SM v MD 10-7
YB v MG 10-6
DG v CW 10-6
JT v LH 10-4

[Nifty50]

https://wst.tv/essential-checklist-for-fans/
Have a read of this. Real belts and braces for the fans attending The Crucible this year. Hope it works. Ronnie urging the players not to sign autographs and pose for selfies.

[balkend]

No food and drink available to purchase inside the venue. Will the audience be bringing back packs of cans of beer? Can imagine the ref calling "Silence !" as someone drops a can . I see everybody in their predictions have Bingham to beat Ding. I think it will be Ding

[JimMalone]

O'Sullivan - Joyce 10:4
Walden - McGill 10-8
Bingham - Ding 10-7
Maguire - Jones 10-6

Higgins - Tian 10-5
Williams - Craigie 10-8
Lyu - Allen 10-8
Selby - Maflin 10-9 (I can see an upset here though)

Robertson - Liang 10-6
Carter - Lisowski 10-7
Hawkins - Selt 10-4
K. Wilson - G. Wilson 10-7

Murphy - Davis 10-4
Yan - Gould 10-9
Gilbert - Wakelin 10-5
Trump - Highfield 10-3

Actually this is a draw where I could see many possible upsets. I think only Trump, O'Sullivan and Higgins are more or less "safe" (there is obviously no such thing as safe in Snooker). I have only picked four upsets above, but I think there will happen 6 or 7, just not sure which.

[Billy]

Why are the BBC prioritising a 30 year-old cookery show over live snooker??

[Billy]

Looks like everyone fancies ROS to beat Yootha!

There’ll be about 7 people here who get that!

[Mark187187]

Why are the BBC prioritising a 30 year-old cookery show over live snooker??

Well, the way this is going, any non-snooker fans would have tuned out, so probably a good choice