Enter the Crucible

With the end of April fast approaching, that means we should already have our TVs tuned in for the Halo World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Defending champion Kyren Wilson suffered a shock defeat to Lei Peifan with 2010 World Champion Neil Robertson also exiting this year’s championship, at the hands of an in form Chris Wakelin.

Mark Williams is bidding for his third World title and is through to the second round after defeating China’s Wu Yize. But the domination from World Snooker’s best Chinese players continue as both Xiao Guodong and Zhao Xintong, who beat Matthew Selt and Jak Jones respectively, join Lei Peifan in the second round.

Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen is trying to achieve his own career slam (triple crown) on the back of fellow countryman and this year’s Masters champion, Rory McIlroy’s success at Augusta. Finger’s crossed Mark.

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