This Saturday the big event of the season snookerhe world. he Sheffield Crucible Theatre It hosts the most important tournament in the calendar to close the 2022-2023 school year. 32 players will fight for two weeks to become the champions of the tournament that everyone wants to win and that will end with… Final sessions for the final on Monday 1 May.
Ronnie O’Sullivan He will defend his title in 2022 looking to expand his legend. If last year he equaled Stephen Hendry’s record for prizes in this tournament, in this edition He aspires to the eighth title This would make him the most successful of all time in this tournament, an honor he has already held at the UK Championships and at the Masters Tournament. With seven titles in each major, he’s looking to claim his historic twenty-second “Triple Crown” to continue claiming himself as the major’s top dominant.
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However, O’Sullivan hasn’t finished finding regularity this season, which is odd by many standards because there has been no dominant use of the circuit. Mark Allen He’s the one to reach the Crucible as leader for the season after his new title in the first ‘major’ of the campaign, the UK Championship. To this he added the Northern Ireland Open and World Grand Prix titles, but has been more vulnerable in recent tournaments. With a master’s degree on his facade, Allen misses this World Cup to complete his record.
In these recent events on the circuit, the no Avoid Murphy, one of the best players coming into the Crucible after winning the Players Championship and Tour Championship in recent weeks. Plus, Murphy already knows what it’s like to win the Crucible, something he achieved in 2005. He has since played in three finals, the last two against Mark Selby. Confident in his long game, he will be one of the strongest competitors in the tournament.
SelbyHe is just another player who has gained confidence in recent weeks after a difficult start to the season. His WST Classic title allowed him to get back to his winning ways before landing a tournament for which he is best suited. Four-time world champion, he often changes himself up in this tournament and aims to do the same this year to make up for his early second-round elimination last year.
It also works easily at large events Judd Trump. World runner-up in 2022, his season was marked by ups and downs, but also by very noticeable peaks in the major leagues for this season. He did not perform his best at the UK Championships, but weeks later he became the Masters champion and added another impressive result with his Champion of Champions final. Now he aspires to continue the series in search of his second world title.
He has gone from more to less in the season Neil Robertson, but he also knows what it means to dominate the big stages. The Australian is not finished finding his best game in the second half of the season after starting it off so strong, but he aspires to make his mark and fight for his second world title.
Although the season was varied in terms of winners, it is difficult to expect a champion in Sheffield. an experience Mark Williams (Masters runner-up) should also be taken into account, because the Welshman has already shown that he raises his level a lot at crucial moments. Already last year he starred in a stunning semi-final against Trump. Far from his level but also with a lot of experience in these events, he arrives John Higgins. Also, players like Ding Junhui or Keren Wilson They are seeking to take the last step to be able to shine in the most relevant tournament on the calendar.
Over the past days, a long preliminary stage has been played and lots have been drawn up. Five matches separate thirty-two players from the title challenge. From the very beginning there will be duels at the highest level, with A Ding Junhui – Hossein Vafaei, or Judd Trump – Anthony McGill, or Stuart Bingham – David Gilbert More delicacies than the first round. O’Sullivan will be released against Bang Junxo in an event to the best nineteen frames in that preliminary stage, to the best twenty-five frames in the last 16 and in the quarter-finals, to the best thirty-three frames in the semi-finals and to the best thirty-five frames in the grand final. Williams, Trump or Murphy They walk in the same part of the field. The tournament can be watched live Eurosport with its platform and its various channels.
2023 World Cup Snooker Draw (1/16 Final)
Ronnie O’Sullivan (1) – Bang Junxo
Ding Junhui (16) – Hossein Vafaei
Luca Precel (9) – Ricky Walden
Mark Williams (8) – Jamie Robertson
Judd Trump (5) – Anthony McGill
Jack Lisowski (12) – Noppon Saingham
Robert Milkins (13) – Joe Perry
Shaun Murphy (4) – Si Jiahui
Mark Allen (3) – Fan Zinghe
Stuart Bingham (14) – David Gilbert
Ali Carter (11) – Jack Jones
Neil Robertson (6) -Wu Yize
Keren Wilson (7) – Ryan Day
John Higgins (10) – David Grace
Gary Wilson (15) – Elliott Slessor
Mark Selby (2) – Matthew Selt
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