[Lord Snooty]

Trump has won through, avoiding the so called Crucible Curse. He had earlier been 0-3 and 2-5 down, but won 10-8.

Round 1:
Judd Trump 10-8 Tom Ford
Yan Bingtao v Elliot Slessor
Stephen Maguire v Martin Gould
Kyren Wilson w/o Anthony Hamilton
John Higgins v Matthew Stevens
David Gilbert v Kurt Maflin
Jack Lisowski v Anthony McGill
Mark Allen v Jamie Clarke
Mark Williams 4-5 Alan McManus
Stuart Bingham 5-4 Ashley Carty
Ding Junhui 5-4 Mark King
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Mark Selby v Jordan Brown
Shaun Murphy v Noppon Saengkham
Barry Hawkins v Alexander Ursenbacher
Neil Robertson v Liang Wenbo

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Saturday, 1 August
10:00
David Gilbert (Eng) v Kurt Maflin (Eng)
Stuart Bingham (Eng) 5-4 Ashley Carty (Eng)

14:30
John Higgins (Sco) v Matthew Stevens (Wal)
Ding Junhui (Chn) 5-4 Mark King (Eng)

19:00
Kyren Wilson (Eng) W/O Anthony Hamilton (Eng)
*Wilson receives bye into second round after Hamilton withdrew
Mark Williams (Wal) 4-5 Alan McManus (Sco)