2014 World Championship - Discussion

[gavpowell]

so did I, see post #1 and I beat the BBC

D'oh, sorry about that, but well done!

Now to get some tickets..

[scottley]

HI There is a mistake OSULLIVAN plays Robin Hull and Mark Allen plays Holt

Is that correct

Yes, correct draw above.

[Mr Snooker]

John Higgins played Alan McManus on his debut at the Cruciable theartre and McManus beat him 10-3 in 1995

[Erwan_BZH]

The low part of the draw is pretty tough. Maguire has a tough task ahead if he has to go all the way...And tough draw for Higgins as well, that Tartan Battle is a major upset in disguise. Can't wait!

[johno]

2014 World Championship - Discussion

Some cracking matches to look forward to, hope Dominic Dale can do well this year he usually gets really tough draws

[gettingbetter]

What a great time of the year.

As others and I said in the qualifying thread, I don't think there will be too many qualifiers progressing deep into the tournament.

I can't believe Fu and Gould are playing again. Probably match of the 1st round. Fu lost 10-9 in 2010 and 10-8 in 2011.

[mattynoy]

I might do all top 16 players to win. in first round i wnder what the odds are for a pound i will check on bet365.

[mattynoy]

I might do all top 16 players to win. in first round i wnder what the odds are for a pound i will check on bet365.

just done it, bet365 only lets you do 14 selections so took out o sullivan as he was 1/33 and robertson as he was 1/20

the other 14 top 16 ranked teams gives you a price of 44/1.

[SnookerFan]

I got tickets to see Stephen Maguire vs Ryan Day, Ali Carter vs Xiao Guodong and Stuart Bingham vs Ken Doherty.

Purchased blind as it was before the matches were announced, but I'm not too unhappy with it. Carter vs Guodong doesn't particularly interest me. Mainly because I'm not the biggest Ali Carter fan, but it could well be a good match.

Mags vs Ryan Day could be a good 'un, and I'm happy to see Ken Doherty, even if I can't see him winning. Or even taking it close. (Love to be proven wrong though, love a bit of Ken-Do action.)

[luke-h]

just done it, bet365 only lets you do 14 selections so took out o sullivan as he was 1/33 and robertson as he was 1/20

the other 14 top 16 ranked teams gives you a price of 44/1.

Definitely worth a punt 5 quid on that all day long

[scottley]

When was the last time the whole top 16 went through to the last 16? Has it ever even happened? There always seems to be a shock or 2 so its not a bet i'd put on, but best of luck.

[Mr Snooker]

2014 Dafabet World Snooker Championship First Round Draw (Last 32)
The Draw was made by the WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson who drew the sixteen seeded players and the six times world snooker Champion Steve Davis OBE who drew the sixteen qualifiers Head To Head Meetings In Brackets

1 Ronnie O' Sullivan (2) V (England) V Robin Hull (Finland) (0)
2 Joe Perry (England (3) V Jamie Burnett (Scotland) (1)
3 Shaun Murphy (England) (7) V Jamie Cope (England) (3)
4 Marco Fu (Hong Kong) (5) V Martin Gould (England) (3)
5 Barry Hawkins (England) (0) V David Gilbert (England) (0)
6 Ricky Walden (England) (0) V Kyren Wilson (England) (0)
7 Mark Davis (England) (3) V Dominic Dale (Wales) (4)
8 Ding Jun Hui (China) (1) V Michael Wasley (England) (0)


9 Mark Selby (England) (1) V Michael White (Wales) (0)
10 Allister Carter (England) (0) V Xiao Guodong (China) (0)
11 John Higgins MBE (Scotland) (12) V Alan McManus (Scotland) (7)
12 Stuart Bingham (England) (4) V Ken Doherty (Republic Of Ireland) (4)
13 Judd Trump (England) (3) V Tom Ford (England) (3)
14 Stephen Maguire (Scotland) (13) V Ryan Day (Wales) (1)
15 Mark Allen (Nothern Ireland) (1) V Michael Holt (England) (1)
16 Neil Robertson (Australia) (1) V Robbie Williams (England) (0)

[itsnoteasy]

It's quite interesting to see the draw as for years an Asian takeover has been predicted, mainly from China, but the draw is as heavily dominated by the home countries as it's ever been(I'm including Ken Doherty as one of is, I know strictly speaking he's not)

[cox orange pippin]

And of the three Asian players, Fu and Ding have been around a long time. I'd guess Ding to be the favorite to win this year, but if the Rocket doesn't lose in one of the shorter matches, he may win a third straight.

[daffie]

I am excited

Youbetcha...same here! Will be glued to the tele from tomorrow for 17 days...yay