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| Higgins beaten Williams from behind to win the title last year |
John Higgins won UK Championship in December right after his six-month ban to declare his return and regain his world number one spot. Higgins won the title by beating Mark Williams 10-9 after trialling 7-9.
The upper quarter of the main draw is as follow:
John Higgins v Rory McLeod | ||||
Stephen Maguire v Stephen Hendry | ||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Steve Davis | ||||
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale | ||||
Ding Junhui v Mark Davis | ||||
Matthew Stevens v Marcus Campbell | ||||
Graeme Dott v Matthew Selt | ||||
Neil Robertson v Tom Ford | ||||
Defending Champion John Higgins is seeded number one but he has a tough draw. Higgins may face his fellow country man Stephen Maguire in last 16 and may play the winner between Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals. It is similar to Higgins' road to win the world title this year after beating O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals and Trump in the final. Indeed Trump v O'Sullivan will be a fabulous clash. Matthew Stevens who just getting back into the top 16 may face Ding Junhui in the last 16. A possible rematch for the Crucible final 2010 is set between Graeme Dott and Neil Robertson.
The lower quarter of the main draw:
Mark Williams v Joe Jogia | ||||
Stephen Lee v Ricky Walden | ||||
Martin Gould v Peter Lines | ||||
Shaun Murphy v Li Yan | ||||
Ali Carter v Robert Milkins | ||||
Mark Allen v Adrian Gunnell | ||||
Stuart Bingham v Marco Fu | ||||
Mark Selby v Ryan Day | ||||
The new reigning world number one Mark Selby is seeded at the bottom of the draw which may meet top16 new comer Stuart Bingham in last 16. Last year runner-up Mark Williams could meet again Shaun Murphy in last 8, after their meeting in semis last year if both of them are through.
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Qualifiers Draw can be found here. Since Stephen Hendry dropped out of top 16, he needs to win one match in order to qualify for the main draw. Hendry may face Gerard Greene, Jimmy Robertson, Kurt Maflin or David Hogan in his qualifying match. The qualifiers will be held at South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester from November 6 to 9. Tickets will be available for qualifiers - for details please visit http://www.southwestsnookeracademy.com/tickets-uk.html.
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