Qualification is over and it produced some decent matches. Jimmy White didn't make it, neither did Dott and Doherty. Luca Brecel, who some consider the best player from "the continent", lost to O'Brien in preliminary round 3, so Switzerland's Alex Ursenbacher will have to fly the European flag (My Goodness!).
The 31 contenders and the defending champion will start on Friday:
The draw is as follows:
Judd Trump v Tom Ford
Yan Bingtao v Elliot Slessor
Stephen Maguire v Martin Gould
Kyren Wilson v Anthony Hamilton
John Higgins v Matthew Stevens
David Gilbert v Kurt Maflin
Jack Lisowski v Anthony McGill
Mark Allen v Jamie Clarke
Mark Williams v Alan McManus
Stuart Bingham v Ashley Carty
Ding Junhui v 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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