The draw for the 2026 World Snooker Championship takes place immediately with the match getting underway at The Crucible this weekend.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is trying to win a record-breaking eighth World Snooker Championship (Picture: Getty)
Zhao Xintong heads again to the Crucible in devastating kind when the World Snooker Championship will get again underway on the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this Saturday. The Chinese language star seems properly positioned to turn out to be the primary participant to crack the so-called ‘Crucible curse’ of first-time winners who’ve did not defend the crown. He arrives again in Sheffield on prime kind, having blitzed John Higgins 10-1, then Judd Trump 10-3 to win the Tour Championship in Manchester final week, including to this season’s World Grand Prix and Gamers Championship titles.
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s run to the ultimate of the World Open in Yushan final month suggests he has a shot at usurping Stephen Hendry as an eight-time World Championship winner. However his resolution to base himself in Dublin throughout the match has sparked questions on whether or not he’s in the suitable way of thinking for one more well-known 17-day surge. Xintong, O’Sullivan and world No.1 Trump will be taught their first-round opponents within the draw for the match immediately.
1 hour in the past07:23 Charlie Malam
How Judgement Day panned out
It was Judgement Day yesterday – and a few massive names crashed out of qualifying and did not make it into immediately’s draw.
Former world champion Luca Brecel and Jack Lisowski have been high-profile casualties on the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
Brecel, the 2023 champion from Belgium, was overwhelmed 10-5 by 2024 finalist Jak Jones.
Lisowski, a World Championship quarter-finalist in 2022, additionally went out 10-5 to He Guoqiang because the Chinese language participant reached the final 32 of the match for the primary time.
Ali Carter, who misplaced World Championship finals to Ronnie O’Sullivan in 2018 and 2012, rattled off 5 successive frames to beat Anthony McGill 10-7.
Full outcomes
Jak Jones 10-5 Luca Brecel
Lei Peifan 10-5 Ryan Day
Xu Si 9-10 Gary Wilson
Zak Surety 3-10 Zhang Anda
Ali Carter 10-7 Anthony McGill
Liam Highfield 10-2 Oliver Traces
Fan Zhengyi 10-4 Ben Mertens
He Guoqiang 10-5 Jack Lisowski
Luca Brecel is not going to play this 12 months’s World Championship (Picture: Getty) 1 hour in the past07:19 Charlie Malam
Good morning!
Good morning and welcome to Categorical Sport’s dwell protection of the World Snooker Championship draw!
We count on the draw to get underway at roughly 8.45am and we’ll convey you it in full proper right here.
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