Mark Selby has pulled out of next week's Players Championship and the China Open for "personal reasons". He will be replaced at the Players Championship by Matt Selt, who was next in line on the Order of Merit. At the China Open, his opponent Darryl Hill will receive a bye to the next round.
Mark Allen has won the Players Championship, beating Ricky Walden 10-6 in the final.
The China Open starts on Monday and is the last tournament before the World Championship. After Beijing, the automatic qualifiers and seeings for the Crucible will be finalised. World Championship qualifying starts on 6th April.
China Open draw:
Qualifying round: Ding Junhui v Lee Walker Liang Wenbo v Peter Lines Stuart Bingham v Cao Yupeng
Wildcard round: Martin O'Donnell v Wang Yuchen Andrew Higginson v Yuan Sijun Tian Pengfei v Niu Zhuang Ian Burns v Guan Zhen
1st round: Darryl Hill v James Wattana Jamie Jones v Dominic Dale Michael White v Jack Lisowski Stephen Maguire v Gary Wilson Rhys Clark v Mark Davis Alfie Burden v Joe Perry Mike Dunn v Alan McManus Rory McLeod v Mitchell Mann Judd Trump v Stuart Carrington Anthony McGill v Jimmy Robertson Marco Fu v Yu Delu Robert Milkins v Ross Muir Chris Wakelin v Matt Selt Joe Swail v O'Donnell/Wang Mark King v Ali Carter David Grace v Shaun Murphy Neil Robertson v Noppon Saengkham Ben Woollaston w/o Adam Duffy Martin Gould v Higginson/Yuan Graeme Dott v Matthew Stevens Gerard Greene v David Gilbert Li Hang v Ding/L Walker Mark Joyce v Luca Brecel Zhou Yuelong v John Higgins Barry Hawkins v Tian/Niu Michael Holt v Nigel Bond Ricky Walden w/o Robin Hull Ryan Day v Dechawat Poomjaeng Tom Ford v Kyren Wilson Rod Lawler v Liang/P Lines Burns/Guan v Peter Ebdon Sam Baird v Bingham/Cao
Stephen Maguire v Alfie Burden Judd Trump v Mark King Noppon Saengkham v John Higgins Ricky Walden v Stuart Bingham
If Maguire beats Burden, he will return to the top 16 and qualify automatically for the World Championship. That would push Ding out of the top 16 and he would have to go through three qualifying rounds to reach the Crucible.
Also, if Stuart Bingham wins the tournament, he will become the new world #1, overtaking Mark Selby.
The other 15 automatic Crucible qualifiers are now confirmed: Stuart Bingham Mark Selby Shaun Murphy Neil Robertson Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Allen Judd Trump John Higgins Joe Perry Ricky Walden Barry Hawkins Martin Gould Mark Williams Marco Fu Michael White
China Open quarter-finals: Stephen Maguire 5-1 Alfie Burden Judd Trump 5-3 Mark King Noppon Saengkham 3-5 John Higgins Ricky Walden 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Semi-finals: Stephen Maguire v Judd Trump John Higgins v Ricky Walden
Maguire's win today takes him back into the top 16 and means Ding Junhui will have to qualify for the World Championship. World Championship qualifying starts on Wednesday with the tournament itself starting on the 16th.
Judd Trump beats Ricky Walden 10-4 to win the China Open. It's his 5th major ranking title and the second time he's won the China Open.
Incidentally, since the China Open returned to the calendar in 2005 as the last event before the World Championship, no China Open winner has gone on to win the World Championship a few weeks later.
The qualifying draw for the World Championship has been made. It follows the same format as last year with 128 players competing over three rounds for the 16 remaining places at the Crucible. A number of wild card places have been awarded once again, including the ladies' world champion Ng On Yee from Hong Kong.
Qualifying starts on Wednesday.
1st qualifying round: (world ranking in brackets)
bold = past qualifier silver = past finalist gold = past champion
Ding Junhui (17) v Greg Casey Ross Muir (81) v Sean O'Sullivan (89) Andrew Higginson (49) v Nigel Bond (95) Gary Wilson (48) v Leo Fernandez ------------------------------------ Jamie Jones (33) v Hamza Akbar (122) Ian Burns (64) v Duane Jones (118) Gerard Greene (65) v Jimmy White (121) Peter Ebdon (32) v James Wattana (104) ------------------------------------ Ben Woollaston (25) v Chris Wakelin (84) Anthony Hamilton (73) v Sydney Wilson (100) Robbie Williams (57) v Gareth Allen (110) Mark Joyce (40) v Zak Surety (85) ------------------------------------ Mike Dunn (41) v James Cahill (108) Li Hang (56) v Lu Chenwei (106) Michael Georgiou (74) v Noppon Saengkham (83) Graeme Dott (24) v Brandon Sargeant ------------------------------------ Robert Milkins (21) v Ka Wai Cheung Joel Walker (77) v Scott Donaldson (82) Kurt Maflin (53) v Sanderson Lam (97) Rod Lawler (44) v Zhao Xintong ------------------------------------ Mark King (37) v Fraser Patrick (114) David Grace (60) v Brendan O'Donoghue Peter Lines (70) v Ng On Yee Michael Holt (28) v Michael Wild (107) ------------------------------------ Alan McManus (29) v Michael Wasley (86) David Morris (68) v Chris Melling (90) Stuart Carrington (61) v Hammad Miah Jimmy Robertson (36) v Tyler Rees ------------------------------------ Tian Pengfei (45) v Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (98) Ken Doherty (52) v Andy Hicks Alfie Burden (78) v Tony Drago (93) Ryan Day (20) v Daniel Wells (87) ------------------------------------- Kyren Wilson (19) v Jason Weston (112) Martin O'Donnell (79) v Kuldesh Johal Joe Swail (51) v Zhang Yong (115) Matthew Stevens (46) v Josh Boileau -------------------------------------- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (35) v Akani Songsermsawad (122) Yu Delu (62) v Paul Davison (117) Craig Steadman (67) v Michael Leslie (92) Anthony McGill (30) v Hatem Yassin (122) -------------------------------------- Luca Brecel (27) v Steven Hallworth (102) Liam Highfield (71) v Luke Simmonds Sam Baird (59) v Thor Chuan Leong (103) Tom Ford (38) v Darryl Hill (91) --------------------------------------- Jack Lisowski (43) v Alex Taubman Rory McLeod (54) v Lukas Kleckers Lee Walker (76) v Conor McCormack David Gilbert (22) v Rhys Clark (94) --------------------------------------- Matthew Selt (23) v Igor Figueiredo (122) Mitchell Mann (74) v Kishan Hirani Robin Hull (55) v Barry Pinches (88) Dechawat Poomjaeng (42) v Eden Sharav (111) ---------------------------------------- Fergal O'Brien (39) v Steve Davis (101) Zhou Yuelong (58) v Dylan Craig Zhang Anda (72) v Bratislav Krustev Mark Davis (26) v Adam Duffy ---------------------------------------- Ali Carter (31) v Mateusz Baranowski Cao Yupeng (66) v Rodion Judin Oliver Lines (63) v Lu Ning (99) Dominic Dale (34) v Ian Glover (105) ----------------------------------------- Xiao Guodong (47) v Allan Taylor (109) Jamie Burnett (50) v Jamie Rhys Clarke Jamie Cope (80) v Ashley Hugill Liang Wenbo (18) v Joe O'Connor
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Ross Muir 10-5 Sean O'Sullivan Andrew Higginson 9-10 Nigel Bond Gary Wilson 10-4 Leo Fernandez Jamie Jones 5-10 Hamza Akbar Ian Burns 10-8 Duane Jones Peter Ebdon 10-6 James Wattana Ben Woollaston 9-10 Chris Wakelin Anthony Hamilton 10-3 Sydney Wilson Robbie Williams 10-7 Gareth Allen Mark Joyce 10-7 Zak Surety
Among the matches to be completed tomorrow, ladies' world champion Ng On Yee trails Peter Lines 9-0 and Michael Holt leads Michael Wild by the same scoreline. Jimmy White led 4-1 against Gerard Greene but trails 5-4 overnight.
Ding Junhui (17) 10-4 Greg Casey Ross Muir (81) 10-5 Sean O'Sullivan (89) Andrew Higginson (49) 9-10 Nigel Bond (95) Gary Wilson (48) 10-4 Leo Fernandez ------------------------------------ Jamie Jones (33) 5-10 Hamza Akbar (122) Ian Burns (64) 10-8 Duane Jones (118) Gerard Greene (65) 10-9 Jimmy White (121) Peter Ebdon (32) 10-6 James Wattana (104) ------------------------------------ Ben Woollaston (25) 9-10 Chris Wakelin (84) Anthony Hamilton (73) 10-3 Sydney Wilson (100) Robbie Williams (57) 10-7 Gareth Allen (110) Mark Joyce (40) 10-7 Zak Surety (85) ------------------------------------ Mike Dunn (41) 10-7 James Cahill (108) Li Hang (56) 10-8 Lu Chenwei (106) Michael Georgiou (74) 6-10 Noppon Saengkham (83) Graeme Dott (24) 10-8 Brandon Sargeant ------------------------------------ Robert Milkins (21) 10-3 Ka Wai Cheung Joel Walker (77) 6-10 Scott Donaldson (82) Kurt Maflin (53) 10-8 Sanderson Lam (97) Rod Lawler (44) 9-10 Zhao Xintong ------------------------------------ Mark King (37) 10-3 Fraser Patrick (114) David Grace (60) 10-5 Brendan O'Donoghue Peter Lines (70) 10-1 Ng On Yee Michael Holt (28) 10-6 Michael Wild (107) ------------------------------------ Alan McManus (29) 10-5 Michael Wasley (86) David Morris (68) 10-5 Chris Melling (90) Stuart Carrington (61) 10-9 Hammad Miah Jimmy Robertson (36) 10-0 Tyler Rees ------------------------------------ Tian Pengfei (45) 7-10 Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (98) Ken Doherty (52) 10-6 Andy Hicks Alfie Burden (78) 10-7 Tony Drago (93) Ryan Day (20) 10-2 Daniel Wells (87) ------------------------------------- Kyren Wilson (19) 10-3 Jason Weston (112) Martin O'Donnell (79) 10-8 Kuldesh Johal Joe Swail (51) 7-10 Zhang Yong (115) Matthew Stevens (46) 10-2 Josh Boileau -------------------------------------- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (35) 10-9 Akani Songsermsawad (122) Yu Delu (62) 9-10 Paul Davison (117) Craig Steadman (67) 10-3 Michael Leslie (92) Anthony McGill (30) 10-1 Hatem Yassin (122) -------------------------------------- Luca Brecel (27) 10-8 Steven Hallworth (102) Liam Highfield (71) 10-2 Luke Simmonds Sam Baird (59) 10-8 Thor Chuan Leong (103) Tom Ford (38) 10-2 Darryl Hill (91) --------------------------------------- Jack Lisowski (43) 10-2 Alex Taubman Rory McLeod (54) 10-7 Lukas Kleckers Lee Walker (76) 10-0 Conor McCormack David Gilbert (22) 10-5 Rhys Clark (94) --------------------------------------- Matthew Selt (23) 10-2 Igor Figueiredo (122) Mitchell Mann (74) 10-7 Kishan Hirani Robin Hull (55) 10-7 Barry Pinches (88) Dechawat Poomjaeng (42) 10-4 Eden Sharav (111) ---------------------------------------- Fergal O'Brien (39) 10-4 Steve Davis (101) Zhou Yuelong (58) 10-3 Dylan Craig Zhang Anda (72) 10-2 Bratislav Krustev Mark Davis (26) 10-7 Adam Duffy ---------------------------------------- Ali Carter (31) 10-2 Mateusz Baranowski Cao Yupeng (66) 10-0 Rodion Judin Oliver Lines (63) 10-5 Lu Ning (99) Dominic Dale (34) 10-6 Ian Glover (105) ----------------------------------------- Xiao Guodong (47) 10-6 Allan Taylor (109) Jamie Burnett (50) 9-10 Jamie Rhys Clarke Jamie Cope (80) 10-4 Ashley Hugill Liang Wenbo (18) 10-2 Joe O'Connor
2nd Qualifying Round: Ding Junhui v Ross Muir Nigel Bond v Gary Wilson Hamza Akbar v Ian Burns Gerard Greene v Peter Ebdon Chris Wakelin v Anthony Hamilton Robbie Williams v Mark Joyce Mike Dunn v Li Hang Noppon Saengkham v Graeme Dott Robert Milkins v Scott Donaldson Kurt Maflin v Zhao Xintong Mark King v David Grace Peter Lines v Michael Holt Alan McManus v David Morris Stuart Carrington v Jimmy Robertson Hossein Vafaei Ayouri v Ken Doherty Alfie Burden v Ryan Day Kyren Wilson v Martin O'Donnell Zhang Yong v Matthew Stevens Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Paul Davison Craig Steadman v Anthony McGill Luca Brecel v Liam Highfield Sam Baird v Tom Ford Jack Lisowski v Rory McLeod Lee Walker v David Gilbert Matthew Selt v Mitchell Mann Robin Hull v Dechawat Poomjaeng Fergal O'Brien v Zhou Yuelong Zhang Anda v Mark Davis Ali Carter v Cao Yupeng Oliver Lines v Dominic Dale Xiao Guodong v Jamie Rhys Clarke Jamie Cope v Liang Wenbo
2nd Qualifying Round: Ding Junhui 10-1 Ross Muir Nigel Bond 10-6 Gary Wilson Hamza Akbar 3-10 Ian Burns Gerard Greene 9-10 Peter Ebdon (Greene led 9-3) Chris Wakelin 9-10 Anthony Hamilton Robbie Williams 10-4 Mark Joyce Mike Dunn 10-9 Li Hang Noppon Saengkham 8-10 Graeme Dott Robert Milkins 10-8 Scott Donaldson Kurt Maflin 10-8 Zhao Xintong Mark King 10-7 David Grace Peter Lines 7-10 Michael Holt Alan McManus 10-6 David Morris Stuart Carrington 5-10 Jimmy Robertson Hossein Vafaei Ayouri 7-10 Ken Doherty Alfie Burden 9-10 Ryan Day Kyren Wilson 10-6 Martin O'Donnell Zhang Yong 3-10 Matthew Stevens Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-7 Paul Davison Craig Steadman 9-10 Anthony McGill Luca Brecel 8-10 Liam Highfield Sam Baird 10-7 Tom Ford Jack Lisowski 10-5 Rory McLeod Lee Walker 2-10 David Gilbert Matthew Selt 9-10 Mitchell Mann Robin Hull 5-10 Dechawat Poomjaeng Fergal O'Brien 6-10 Zhou Yuelong Zhang Anda 10-5 Mark Davis Ali Carter 10-8 Cao Yupeng Oliver Lines 6-10 Dominic Dale Xiao Guodong 10-8 Jamie Rhys Clarke Jamie Cope 5-10 Liang Wenbo
Final qualifying round: Ding Junhui v Nigel Bond Ian Burns v Peter Ebdon Anthony Hamilton v Robbie Williams Mike Dunn v Graeme Dott Robert Milkins v Kurt Maflin Mark King v Michael Holt Alan McManus v Jimmy Robertson Ken Doherty v Ryan Day Kyren Wilson v Matthew Stevens Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Anthony McGill Liam Highfield v Sam Baird Jack Lisowski v David Gilbert Mitchell Mann v Dechawat Poomjaeng Zhou Yuelong v Zhang Anda Ali Carter v Dominic Dale Xiao Guodong v Liang Wenbo
No guaranteed debutants at the Crucible but there could be as many as 5. Monday's results mean we are guaranteed 2 Chinese players through, with Ding a strong favourite to join them.
Scores after the first sessions: Ding Junhui 8-1 Nigel Bond Ian Burns 2-7 Peter Ebdon Anthony Hamilton 3-6 Robbie Williams Mike Dunn 4-5 Graeme Dott Robert Milkins 5-4 Kurt Maflin Mark King 3-6 Michael Holt Alan McManus 7-2 Jimmy Robertson Ken Doherty 5-4 Ryan Day Kyren Wilson 5-4 Matthew Stevens Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3-6 Anthony McGill Liam Highfield 4-5 Sam Baird Jack Lisowski 3-6 David Gilbert Mitchell Mann 4-5 Dechawat Poomjaeng Zhou Yuelong 4-5 Zhang Anda Ali Carter 8-1 Dominic Dale Xiao Guodong 5-4 Liang Wenbo
For the second time this season, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh missed the final black for a 147.
All 16 matches finish tomorrow. There is full live coverage online with a camera on every table and commentary from Rob Walker and Neal Foulds.
Final qualifying round results: Ding Junhui 10-2 Nigel Bond Ian Burns 2-10 Peter Ebdon Anthony Hamilton 9-10 Robbie Williams Mike Dunn 7-10 Graeme Dott Robert Milkins 10-7 Kurt Maflin Mark King 8-10 Michael Holt Alan McManus 10-2 Jimmy Robertson Ken Doherty 6-10 Ryan Day Kyren Wilson 10-6 Matthew Stevens Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 7-10 Anthony McGill Liam Highfield 9-10 Sam Baird Jack Lisowski 7-10 David Gilbert Mitchell Mann 10-9 Dechawat Poomjaeng Zhou Yuelong 7-10 Zhang Anda Ali Carter 10-6 Dominic Dale Xiao Guodong 6-10 Liang Wenbo
12 of the 16 players ranked between 17 and 32 in the rankings have made it to the Crucible, making it one of the highest quality line-ups the tournament has ever seen. There will only be one debutant this year - Mitchell Mann.
The draw for the main stages will take place at 10am tomorrow morning.
Draw for the World Championship, starting on Saturday:
(seedings in brackets)
Stuart Bingham (1) v Ali Carter Stephen Maguire (16) v Alan McManus Ricky Walden (9) v Robbie Williams John Higgins (8) v Ryan Day Judd Trump (5) v Liang Wenbo Martin Gould (12) v Ding Junhui Mark Williams (13) v Graeme Dott Neil Robertson (4) v Michael Holt Shaun Murphy (3) v Anthony McGill Marco Fu (14) v Peter Ebdon Barry Hawkins (11) v Zhang Anda Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) v David Gilbert Mark Allen (7) v Mitchell Mann Joe Perry (10) v Kyren Wilson Michael White (15) v Sam Baird Mark Selby (2) v Robert Milkins
1st round schedule: (* = to a finish)
Sat 16 April 10:00 Bingham v Carter 10:00 Fu v Ebdon 14:30 Maguire v McManus 14:30 Murphy v McGill 19:00 Bingham v Carter* 19:00 Fu v Ebdon*
Sun 17 April 10:00 Walden v R Williams 10:00 Murphy v McGill* 14:30 Maguire v McManus* 14:30 O'Sullivan v Gilbert 19:00 Williams v Dott 19:00 White v Baird
Mon 18 April 10:00 Higgins v Day 10:00 O'Sullivan v Gilbert* 14:30 Williams v Dott* 14:30 Selby v Milkins 19:00 Walden v R Williams* 19:00 White v Baird*
Tue 19 April 10:00 Robertson v Holt 10:00 Selby v Milkins* 14:30 Higgins v Day* 14:30 Allen v Mann 19:00 Robertson v Holt* 19:00 Hawkins v Zhang
Wed 20 April 10:00 Gould v Ding 10:00 Allen v Mann* 14:30 Trump v Liang 14:30 Hawkins v Zhang* 19:00 Gould v Ding* 19:00 Perry v Wilson
Thu 21 April 13:00 Trump v Liang* 19:00 Perry v Wilson*
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Ding Junhui (17) v Greg Casey 
Ross Muir (81) v Sean O'Sullivan (89) 
Jamie Jones (33) v Hamza Akbar (122) 
Gerard Greene (65) v Jimmy White (121) 
Kurt Maflin (53) v Sanderson Lam (97) 
Luca Brecel (27) v Steven Hallworth (102) 
Robin Hull (55) v Barry Pinches (88) 
Neil Robertson (4) v Michael Holt