Qualifying marathon starts tomorrow
128 players set out at Sheffield s Institute of Sport aiming to qualify for the main event at the Crucible Theatre, which starts on the 17th. 16 places are up for grabs, so the players are split into groups of eight.
The first three rounds are played over best-of-11 frames, before a best-of-19 final.
We kick off with a match-up that rightly warrants more attention than anything we ll see in qualifying and much of the Crucible action. They may both be no-hopers for the title but is there really a snooker fan out there who won t be tuning into
Stephen Hendry is set to rekindle his famous rivalry with Jimmy White (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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Stephen Hendry is relaxed about the prospect doling out one final snooker indignity to his great rival Jimmy White when the pair meet again in the first qualifying round for the World Championships in Sheffield on Monday.
The 52-year-old’s comeback after a seven-year absence from the tour was given an extraordinary new twist last month when he was paired with White – whom he famously beat in four world finals between 1990 and 1994 – on the first step back towards the Crucible.
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Stephen Hendry’s first shot back on tour for almost nine years may have been a foul but it wasn’t long before the world got to see what all the comeback fuss was about.At 52, the record seven-times