World number one Judd Trump plays Morocco's Amine Amiri in the opening round on Thursday at 14:30 GMT, and seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is in action against Ross Bulman later that evening.Д«BC television coverage of the tournament begins on Saturday from 13:15 GMT on BBC One. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets: one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. Three-time world champion Mark Williams starts his tournament on Wednesday evening against Scotland's Fraser Patrick, a session which also sees world number nine Kyren Wilson take on Riley Parsons. Snooker (pronounced UK: / snukr /, US: / snkr /) is a cue sport that was first played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century. World number 14 Maguire edged out Billy Castle 6-4, Hong Kong's Fu, the 2008 finalist, beat Craig Steadman 6-3 and Maguire's fellow Scot Dott thrashed Barry Pinches 6-1. There were also wins for 2004 champion Stephen Maguire, Marco Fu and ex-world champion Graeme Dott. 'That's understandable in a big tournament I managed to nick both of those and that settled me down.' Ding Junhui last won a ranking event at the World Open in September 2017ДЄnother former champion, Ding Junhui, routinely progressed into round two in the morning session, winning five frames in a row to beat Welshman Duane Jones 6-2Д¬hina's Ding, 32, has slipped to 16 in the world and has not won a ranking event in more than two years.Д«ut he looked increasingly confident as breaks of 73, 103, 77 and 92 saw him recover from 2-1 down to progress. 'I was a little bit ropey, a bit edgy, in the first two frames,' Selby said. It makes headlines but in reality it's not going to happen.' Selby and Ding stroll throughД®lsewhere, two-time champion Mark Selby coasted through, the Leicester man crushing Andy Hicks 6-0 in a one-sided contest.ДЄ break of 134 was the highlight for Selby, who rounded victory off with another stylish ton against an opponent who only managed a total of 88 points. 'There won't be enough to share the prize. It's mad, you have plenty in practice but to do it in the arena in match conditions is brilliant.' Maximum bonus changeДЄ controversial new World Snooker bonus scheme means there has to be 20 maximum breaks in a season to trigger a shared ВЈ1m bonus.Д«ut activating the bonus before the end of the season in early May is 'not going to happen', Hawkins said. 'I was feeling it big time on the last couple of balls. 'It's brilliant to have one at the UK Championship in the big arena. I had the white under control and was in position for most of the break. 'For the first four frames I didn't miss,' the left-hander added. Kent-based Londoner Hawkins, a three-time ranking event winner, began his quest for a first UK title in stunning form with breaks of 91, 68 and 80 before his 147. Snooker nicknames: Do you know your Wizards from your Magicians?.'It's 15 grand? Happy days,' said Hawkins on discovering his reward. Hawkins, 40, will pocket ВЈ15,000 for the break, although the money will be shared if anyone else matches the feat.

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