The Tour Championship will get underway in Manchester on Monday, with solely the 12 best-performing gamers of the season concerned.
It’s the penultimate occasion of the season, with the World Championship on the Crucible now proper across the nook.
The highest 12 on the one-year rating record are within the area at Manchester Central, so you could properly anticipate these to be the main contenders after they get to Sheffield.
Unusual issues occur on the desk, although, as reigning world champion Kyren Wilson didn’t qualify for the Tour Championship final yr earlier than conquering the Crucible, whereas Sheffield runner-up Jak Jones wasn’t in Manchester both.
There has additionally been little success on the Crucible for many who have gone properly on the Tour Championship.
The long-frame matches in Manchester would appear like the proper warm-up for Sheffield, however nobody who has reached a Tour ultimate has performed the identical on the Worlds to this point.
Anyway, the Crucible continues to be to come back however there’s a fascinating week forward on the Tour Championship earlier than then.
Tour Championship Draw and Schedule
Monday March 31
Spherical One
1pm
Shaun Murphy vs Barry Hawkins
Xiao Guodong vs Wu Yize
7pm
Shaun Murphy vs Barry Hawkins
Mark Williams vs Ding Junhui
Tuesday April 1
1pm
Xiao Guodong vs Wu Yize
Mark Selby vs Si Jiahui
7pm
Mark Williams vs Ding Junhui
Mark Selby vs Si Jiahui
Wednesday April 2
Quarter-finals
1pm
Judd Trump vs Murphy/Hawkins
John Higgins vs Xiao/Wu
7pm
Judd Trump vs Murphy/Hawkins
Neil Robertson vs Selby/Si
Thursday April 3
1pm
John Higgins vs Xiao/Wu
Kyren Wilson vs Williams/Ding
7pm
Neil Robertson vs Selby/Si
Kyren Wilson vs Williams/Ding
Learn how to watch the Tour Championship
The match will likely be proven dwell on ITV 4 and ITVX within the UK.
Tour Championship prize cash
Winner: £150,000
Runner-up: £60,000
Semi-final: £40,000
Quarter-final: £30,000
First spherical: £20,000
Highest break: £10,000
Tour Championship odds
Judd Trump 13/8
Kyren Wilson 7/2
Neil Robertson 11/2
Mark Selby 7/1
John Higgins 15/2
Shaun Murphy 16/1
Mark Williams 25/1
Xiao Guodong 25/1
Ding Junhui 25/1
Wu Yize 33/1
Barry Hawkins 33/1
Si Jiahui 50/1
Odds courtesy of Betfair
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