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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:

Spoiler:

Saturday 19 April

10:00
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Robin Hull (Fin)
Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Ken Doherty (Ire)

14:30
Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Jamie Cope (Eng)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Ryan Day (Wal)

19:00
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Robin Hull (Fin)
Allister Carter (Eng) v Xiao Guodong (Chn)

Sunday 20 April

10:00
Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Ken Doherty (Ire)
Joe Perry (Eng) v Jamie Burnett (Sco)

14:30
Allister Carter (Eng) v Xiao Guodong (Chn)
Ding Junhui (Chn) v Michael Wasley (Eng)

19:00
Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Jamie Cope (Eng)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Ryan Day (Wal)

Monday 21 April

10:00
Joe Perry (Eng) v Jamie Burnett (Sco)
Mark Selby (Eng) v Michael White (Wal)

14:30
Ding Junhui (Chn) v Michael Wasley (Eng)
John Higgins (Sco) v Alan McManus (Sco)

19:00
Mark Selby (Eng) v Michael White (Wal)
Ricky Walden (Eng) v Kyren Wilson (Eng)

Tuesday 22 April

10:00
John Higgins (Sco) v Alan McManus (Sco)
Marco Fu (HK) v Martin Gould (Eng)

14:30
Barry Hawkins (Eng) v David Gilbert (Eng)
Judd Trump (Eng) v Tom Ford (Eng)

19:00
Ricky Walden (Eng) v Kyren Wilson (Eng)
Mark Allen (NI) v Michael Holt (Eng)

Wednesday 23 April

10:00
Barry Hawkins (Eng) v David Gilbert (Eng)
Judd Trump (Eng) v Tom Ford (Eng)

14:30
Marco Fu (HK) v Martin Gould (Eng)
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Robbie Williams (Eng)

19:00
Mark Allen (NI) v Michael Holt (Eng)
Mark Davis (Eng) v Dominic Dale (Wal)

Thursday 24 April

13:00
Mark Davis (Eng) v Dominic Dale (Wal)

19:00
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Robbie Williams (Eng)

Source

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