Ladbrokes Players Championship Last 32!!!
Tuesday 22nd of March ~ Sunday 27th of March at Event City, Manchester
Last time the Players Championship will be played as part of the European Tour/PTC Series with 32 players competing, from next season only 16 players will take part and qualifying will be all tour Ranking events from the start of the season including the World Grand Prix which will be played just prior to it.
But back to this year and theres a few Big name players missing notable absentees are Ronnie O'Sullivan and Neil Robertson who both opted out of the European Tour this season playing just 1 match between them Neil Robertson lost 4-3 to James Cahill in Gibralter.
John Higgins, Stephen Maguire, Stuart Bingham and defending Champion Joe Perry on the other hand failed to qualify
But despite absentees there is plenty of quality on show headed by Ladbrokes World Grand Prix Champion Shaun Murphy, Mark Williams, Mark Allen, Ricky Walden, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui, Ali Carter, Graeme Dott and Barry Hawkins.
Who will reach the last 16?
DRAW
Last 32
Mathew Selt v Andrew Higginson Higginson leads 3-0
Ben Woollaston v Jimmy Robertson Robertson leads 2-1
Mark Williams v Dominic Dale Williams leads 14-4
Shaun Murphy v Liang Wenbo Liang Wenbo leads 4-3
Mark Allen v Mark Davis Allen lead 8-2
Mark King v Sam Baird Never played before
Ryan Day v Kyren Wilson Day leads leads 4-1
Rory McLeod v Mike Dunn 2-2
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Marco Fu v Alan McManus Marco Fu leads 7-3
Tom Ford v Ricky Walden Ford leads 3-2
Martin Gould v Judd Trump Trump leads 9-5
Allister Carter v Graeme Dott Dott leads 6-4
Ding Junhui v David Gilbert Gilbert leads 3-1
Michael White v Luca Brecel White leads 2-0
Tian Pengfei v Robert Milkins 1-1
Barry Hawkins v Michael Holt Hawkins leads 6-1
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