[Legend killer]

If there any snooker gods Ronnie will meet the most boring player I have ever seen Selby. They hate each other and Ronnie wiping the floor with him on the biggest stage of them all would be massive boost to the game

[Jack_]

The draw took place today and here's all the first round matches:

(Seeded players are in brackets)

(1) Ronnie O'Sullivan v Marcus Campbell
(16) Ali Carter v Ben Woollaston
(9) Stuart Bingham v Sam Baird
(8) John Higgins v Mark Davis
(5) Shaun Murphy v Martin Gould
(12) Graeme Dott v Peter Ebdon
(13) Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu
(4) Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
(3) Neil Robertson v Robert Milkins
(14) Ricky Walden v Michael Holt
(11) Mark Williams v Michael White
(6) Stephen Maguire v Dechawat Poomjaeng
(7) Mark Allen v Mark King
(10) Ding Junhui v Alan McManus
(15) Barry Hawkins v Jack Lisowski
(2) Mark Selby v Matthew Selt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22151760

5 days till Ronnie's big return can't wait! Hope he's on good form again

[reece(:]

Supporting Trump, Robertson, Fu and O'Sullivan this year

[Legend killer]

Ronnie got this. News from his camp is he is playing AMAZING the break would have done him good

[InOne]

Can see all the big players getting quite far this year. It ends up boring when all the big names go out early

[Novo]

Selby will be winning

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Supporting Trump, Robertson, Fu and O'Sullivan this year

YES Reece

Fu I'm not bothered about though but the rest >>>

Also, I just realised it'll have been a year since Hendry retired during this tournament...doesn't feel that long!

[Jack_]

Ronnie VS Neil
Ronnie VS Judd
Neil VS Judd

Would be epic finals. Make it happen

[Legend killer]

Ronnie and Higgins scheduled to meet in the quarters

Should be the final TBH

[Locke.]

Will be the first tournament I've watched since the great Hendry retired. Not sure who will be lucky enough to get my support, maybe the International play boy

[Legend killer]

Dott - Ebdon will be a must avoid match there last match was literally the most boring thing I have ever watched

[Alf]

It's got to be The Jester from Leicester for me.

[Jack_]

There's a programme on 5 Live at 7:30 called Ronnie's Return featuring interviews with him and other players, think Judd and Neil are on

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rw5rb

[Jack_]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22188014

Ronnie's been practicing with Ebdon and Ebdon says he's on really good form and is playing some of the best snooker he's ever seen from him, which is promising

Hope he can keep it together. So excited for the morning now! Coverage starts on BBC2 at 10am (for the first match between O'Sullivan and Campbell) and will move to BBC1 at 1pm.

[Jack_]

And here's the schedule of first round matches for this week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/20719557

[Jack_]

3-1 to Ronnie so far...good to have him back

[InOne]

Ronnie looking on good form, hope he keeps it up through tonight.

Really hope Selby doesn't win the triple, his game has got so boring over the last few years.

[InOne]

Robbo looks in trouble here. A big names out already in round one. I hate years of the giant killers

If it opens it up for Ronnie, then it's fine by me. If it opens it up for Selby to win, then that's terrible.

[Jack_]

So gutted Neil's out already it's weird though cause when it went 6-3 yesterday instead of 7-2 I had a feeling something may go wrong today...

So that leaves me with Judd and Ronnie, and I'm worried about the latter's chances with Ali Carter this weekend. I know he's beaten Ali in two finals but he's a strong player when he wants to be, it's a tough draw for the second round.

[InOne]

Judd wasn't overly convincing I thought, neither way Selby though thank god. Guess we'll have to see what Ronnie is playing like on Saturday

[Legend killer]

It has been confirmed Ali is Ronnie's bitch

Come on Barry.

[lostalex]

world championship my ass, and you guys make fun of us for calling the baseball final the "world series"?

[InOne]

Why come in this thread just to say that? It's clearly about fans to discuss the sport. Get out.

Anyway, Selby out!!! Thank God. A Trump V O'Sullivan final would be good if it pans out that way. I'll be watching the rest of Trump/Fu tonight. King/Ding doesn't sound too appealing LOL