Alan Mc Manus defeated John Higgins by 10 frames to 7 but Higgins
seemed dead at 9 frames to four and looked done and dusted this now is the third
time in a row that John Higgins has been knocked out in the first round of the
championship. The second round match with Ken Doherty will be a memory of old
clashers between the two in the 1990s
Mark Selby was 8-4 up over Michael White and was in the
colours to make it 9-4 but White brought it back to 8-8 and missed a bad pink.
But the match itself went down to a final frame and with a tie like that it is anyone’s
game. Mark Selby won it but did show weakness in this match
Ding Junhai was the form player of the year and was expected
to get past Micheal Wasley quite comfortable. They had to come back and play a
night session after the evening was not sorted out. The match went into a final
frame after Wasley hit a 103 to bring it to a final frame decider. In the final
frame a major fluke on the final red gave Wasley that chance. Ding got 3
snookers on the pink which Wasley was able to get out of. Wasley potted the
pink to secure a place in the second round
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