2023 World Snooker Championship - 3rd April to 1st May

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Qualifying stages from Monday 3rd April to Wednesday 12th April at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield available to watch on EuroSport/Discovery+.
Final stages from Saturday 15th April to Monday 1st May at The Crucible, Sheffield available to watch on BBC/EuroSport/Discovery+.

Stephen Hendry off to a blinder this morning in his first match. Century break in the first frame! I hope he makes it all the way to the finals.

 

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Yup I reckon Trump will be out first round this year. I’ll still be rooting for Lisowski and Brecel as usual. Hopefully the latter can actually win a match this year.

 

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April is going to be over in the blink of an eye when this starts at 10am tomorrow.

Here's a link to the sessions. I'll be watching Ronnie in the hopes he gets knocked out.

Sessions | World Snooker Live Scores

livescores.worldsnookerdata.com

 

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I thought Pang had Ronnie on the ropes at the start of this morning's play but he is getting flippin' whitewashed now.

 

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I thought JV said you can’t lay a snooker from a free ball (situation was a potential roll up behind the green). Is that correct?

Yes unless it’s just pink and black left.

 

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If Luca loses this match tonight, he can clear off and go play darts.

 

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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him with hair, on his day he is up there though.

When he first appeared at the Crucible, he did.

Brecel confident he can dealing with Crucible pressure as he prepares for World Championship bow

Luca Brecel will become the youngest player to appear in a World Championship on Sunday but the precocious Belgian insists he can handle the spotlight.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Vafaei played those first four frames like a machine, unreal standard !

Doing a bit of trash talking now. I don’t know what’s happened between him and Ronnie.

 

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Flipping heck. Olivier referee grappling with a protester! She could have been naked at least.

 

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Idiot, stupid woman.

I just seen she wrecked Table 1

 

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So it seemed the woman was trying to do the same thing but Superref wrangled her away from the table.

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Some colourful language from the genteel snooker crowd there

Oops, maybe it's not allowed to be posted here. I wasn't listening that closely.

 

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Seems that the woman was trying to glue herself to the table. Obviously she didn't use fast acting superglue as she did have a hold of the cushion with one hand.

 

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Judd always seems to be naff on the first session. I can see him winning tomorrow.

 

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Judd a-goner in the first round. I need a drink.

 

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They're going to have to end it soon for the 1pm start. So it's going to be 9-8 to somebody and then they come back for a third time.

EDIT: Looks like they're carrying on!

 

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Yep, playing to a finish, only right after the protest disruption they had the other night.

The BBC stream switched to BBC2 politics 5mins+ ago and I'm struggling to find a way to watch the match conclusion either on Freeview or BBC website... Any ideas?

It's on Freeview red button (channel 601)

 

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What a lovely third frame from Luca. If only he can concentrate and not let Willo run away with it.

 

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Some comeback for Milkin's he's had a great season though so not a huge surprise to see him through.
Looking forward to Murphy v Si this evening, part of me wants to see Murphy out

I do like Shaun, wouldn't mind if he won now that Judd's gone.

 

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Si prevails and the magician is on his way home!

Great game to finish round 1.

It was a good late night bit of drama as we all love at the Crucible.

Now let’s hope Luca gets another win.