I don't see Snooker splitting, I don't imagine many others would follow Ronnie away. Tubs Murphy sided with Bazza, I see.
Props to Marco Fu for his comeback, shades of his Scottish Open win over John Higgins.
Tuesday results and overnight scores:
John Higgins bt Martin Gould 10-6
Ding Junhui bt Zhou Yuelong 10-5
Liang Wenbo bt Stuart Carrington 10-7
Judd Trump 4-5 Rory McLeod
Ali Carter 3-6 Graeme Dott
Wednesday results and overnight scores:
Rory McLeod bt Judd Trump 10-8
Graeme Dott bt Ali Carter 10-7
Xiao Guodong bt Ryan Day 10-4
Neil Robertson 8-1 Noppon Saengkham
Barry Hawkins 7-2 Tom Ford
Thursday results:
Neil Robertson bt Noppon Saengkham 10-4
Barry Hawkins bt Tom Ford 10-3
2nd round draw and latest scores
Top half:
Mark Selby (1) v Xiao Guodong
Marco Fu (8) v Neil Robertson (9)
Shaun Murphy (5) 2-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan (12)
Ding Junhui (4) v Liang Wenbo (13)
Bottom half:
Stuart Bingham (3) 3-5 Kyren Wilson (14)
John Higgins (6) v Mark Allen (11)
Barry Hawkins (7) v Graeme Dott
Stephen Maguire v Rory McLeod
Hard to believe it's 20 years today since Ronnie did his super fast 147 break.
I love snooker and feel lucky to be and live in Sheffield I enjoy going to the Winter Gardens to watch them!
Result:
Kyren Wilson bt Stuart Bingham 13-10
Overnight scores:
John Higgins 3-5 Mark Allen
Shaun Murphy 6-10 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ding Junhui 9-7 Liang Wenbo
Saturday results:
Ronnie O'Sullivan bt Shaun Murphy 13-7
Ding Junhui bt Liang Wenbo 13-12 (Tremendous entertainment)
John Higgins bt Mark Allen 13-9 (Superb match)
Overnight scores:
Stephen Maguire 6-2 Rory McLeod (Booooooo)
Mark Selby 6-2 Xiao Guodong