Please choose a screen name. "She'll be over the moon," Hailing from Antrim and the practice partner of world number four Mark Allen, who said Brown was "starting to show the promise I've been seeing for so long".Local boy Carty, of Sheffield's neighbouring town Rotherham, secured his tour card for next season by coming through qualifying.Ursenbacher became the first Swiss player to reach the Crucible and in turn the 19th different nationality to compete at the venue.The lowest-ranked player in the field, Clarke defeated Joe Perry in the qualifiers and reached the semi-finals of the Snooker Shootout tournament last season.

Just pull out and let someone else have a go.‘Everyone has a choice to play in this event, if you don’t like the conditions, just sit at home.’The world number one is delighted to see the World Championship on and with a crowd as he looks to become the first player ever to defend his world title at the Crucible after winning for the first time in Sheffield.He is putting his faith in WST’s methods to deal with coronavirus and is proud that snooker is leading the way back to normality.‘I am not worried about catching it or anything like that,’ said the 30-year-old.‘If it was another sport leading the way, then all the players will be asking questions about why it wasn’t us.‘We are at the forefront of the whole world of sport at the moment and at some point there has to be a crowd.‘When is too soon?

Defending champion Judd Trump must come from behind to keep alive hopes of retaining his Crucible crown, while five-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan also has plenty of work to do.

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"When is too soon?

Judd Trump’s career has been inspired by Ronnie O’Sullivan (Picture: Getty Images) World champion Judd Trump says Ronnie O’Sullivan was the reason …

I’m striving to get there and Judd’s already made it.

His long potting was brilliant over all three sessions and he is my pick to go on and win the title.“I think it would be brilliant for the game if I can have someone of my own age group to compete against for the next 10 or 15 years.“He has taken a step up from when we played before and now it is all about me putting my foot back on the gas and get ready to try to improve to reach where he is at.”Trump had shown signs of stirring from his 10-6 overnight deficit as he fired three breaks over 50 in the first four frames on Tuesday to reduce the deficit to just two.But Wilson moved one frame from victory after winning the 21st frame in two visits then seized on a missed long red by Trump to round off victory in style with a break of 104.Wilson, who returned to the last four for the first time since his 2018 defeat to John Higgins, hailed the prospect of continuing to create the kind of rivalry which could one day sit alongside the Crucible greats.Wilson said: “To make the one-table set-up is a big achievement and to get there by beating the defending champion and world number one makes it even sweeter.“There’s no bitterness there, I’d just like to achieve what he’s achieved.

Kyren Wilson beat defending champion Judd Trump 13-9 in the quarter-finals at the Crucible on Tuesday.

"If it was another sport leading the way, then all the players will be asking questions about why it wasn't us. Mediacorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved.related media assets (image or videos) available. Commenting on The Irish Times has changed. It is a free shot. "Of all people, Ronnie is probably the only one who doesn't need the money, so I find it quite hard that he can enter it and have a go at what is going on. Ronnie O'Sullivan should withdraw from the World Snooker Championship if he has concerns about playing in front of fans amid the COVID-19 pandemic, defending champion Judd Trump …