| Next, eight places are allocated to the top eight on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour | There were 128 participants in the qualifying rounds, with a mix of professional and invited amateur players, 16 of whom reached the main stage of the tournament where they played the top 16 players from the |
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| The two went into the mid-session interval at 16—13 after Selby played a poor shot | The draw for the main stage of the tournament was held at 11 a |
The champion and third seed led 6—3 over after their first session.
| However, World Snooker's appeals committee reserves the right to award points at their discretion and occasionally the finalised ranking list published after the tournament is inconsistent with the provisional list updated by the WPBSA during the tournament, in the event that discretionary points have been awarded | O'Sullivan led 3—1, before Joyce made two half-century breaks to trail by one frame |
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| O'Sullivan made breaks of 81, 105 and 138 as he led 4—1, but McGill won the final three frames to tie the match 4—4 after the first session | Murphy also led by four frames after the second session 10—6, and won three of the four frames in the third session to win 13—7 |
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 5 and 14 April 2021 at the in Sheffield.
14| The defeat for White meant he was not ranked high enough to remain on the World Snooker Tour, but he was later given an invitational place for the following two seasons | However, even if you find yourself outside of Europe, and you still want to watch the Snooker World Championships, there is a solution |
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| Qualifying for the event was held between 5 and 14 April over four rounds with 16 players qualifying for the main stage | The previous year's semi-finalist led 5—4 in the first session, and won five of the next six to win 10—5 |
He broke me last night with that three-frame lead which was a tough lead to give him in a match of this calibre.
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