So after the qualifiers concluded yesterday with some big names including Mark Williams, Peter Ebdon, Graeme Dott, Steve Davis and Jimmy White failing to make the last 32, the draw for the first round took place earlier on today.
Those 16 matches are as follows:
And here's the schedule for those first round matches:
Coverage begins on BBC2 at 10am this Saturday for Ronnie's opening match and continues over the next two weeks on the Red Button and online. All BBC schedule timings can be found
here
Looking forward to this!
can't believe it's come around so quickly though