Draw for the Last 32 - Tuesday, 11 March 2008

[Mignon]

Shouldn't we leave some room for big and I mean BIG surprises? Who do you thing could cause such upsets?

[Alex0paul]

Shouldn't we leave some room for big and I mean BIG surprises? Who do you thing could cause such upsets?

Not a really big surprise but I could see Ryan Day doing very well this year.

[Anastasia]

I prefer to watch much much more Hendry vs Fu than Allen vs Ding .

[attilahun]

I prefer to watch much much more Hendry vs Fu than Allen vs Ding .

Others may think different......

[PaulTheSoave]

last 2 WC first rounds had a lot of big margin wins. I doubt it if this will be the case this championship. Maybe it will have, but its difficult to call a winner in the majority of matches. Whatever happens I will have a session in the second round of either of the players, Davis/Dott/Bingham/Perry!

[lagermike]

If O'Sullivan is going to win a third title then surely it has to be this year.
He must surely get through to the semis with the draw he has and then over four sessions he has a great chance. The good thing for him is that he will only have to play one out of Murphy, Selby, Maguire and Robertson and that will be in the final.

[PaulTheSoave]

I agree there, but nothing is a certainty. Who would have thought he would lose to Fergal at The NI after making 5 centuries in the previous match.

If O'Sullivan is going to win a third title then surely it has to be this year.
He must surely get through to the semis with the draw he has and then over four sessions he has a great chance. The good thing for him is that he will only have to play one out of Murphy, Selby, Maguire and Robertson and that will be in the final.

[Valderie]

last 2 WC first rounds had a lot of big margin wins. I doubt it if this will be the case this championship. Maybe it will have, but its difficult to call a winner in the majority of matches. Whatever happens I will have a session in the second round of either of the players, Davis/Dott/Bingham/Perry!

That sounds a really scintillating session Paul!

[PaulTheSoave]

Fortunately there are a couple of pubs nearby. . I might make a little earner selling the session!

That sounds a really scintillating session Paul!

[Alex0paul]

Whatever happens I will have a session in the second round of either of the players, Davis/Dott/Bingham/Perry!

I am jealous

[Alex0paul]

Head to Head Records

9-4 John Higgins v. Matthew Stevens (1-1 at WC)
2-1 Ryan Day v. Michael Judge
2-2 Ding Junhui v. Marco Fu
1-1 Stephen Hendry v. Mark Allen
1-0 Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Liu Chuang
0-0 Mark Williams v. Mark Davis
1-0 Stephen Lee v. Joe Swail
0-0 Ken Doherty v. Liang Wenbo
2-0 Shaun Murphy v. Dave Harold
1-1 Ali Carter v. Barry Hawkins
0-1 Mark Selby v. Mark King
0-0 Peter Ebdon v. Jamie Cope
1-1 Neil Robertson v. Nigel Bond
2-1 Stephen Maguire v. Anthony Hamilton (1-0 at WC)
0-4 Steve Davis v. Stuart Bingham
2-2 Graeme Dott v. Joe Perry

[Anastasia]

Others may think different......

They have this right .

[attilahun]

They have this right .

That is exactly what i said.....what pleases me may not please you or viceversa......

[Hendry the 8th]

I had a horrible feeling that Stephen Hendry would be drawn against Mark Allen and now it's reality.

Allen thrashed Hendry in the UK Championship and I think that the same will happen at The Crucible. I hope Hendry does win through to the second round because I've got tickets, but I'm not very hopeful

[bobbond]

what a boost it would be for Stevens if he could beat Higgo