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Schedule and scores for the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (April 21 - May 7):
Final (best of 35)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 18-11 Ali Carter
Semi-finals
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 17-10 Matthew Stevens (Wal)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) 12-17 Ali Carter (Eng)
Quarter-final results
Jamie Jones (Wal) 11-13 Ali Carter (Eng)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 13-10 Neil Robertson (Aus)
Ryan Day (Wal) 5-13 Matthew Stevens (Wal)
Stephen Hendry (Sco) 2-13 Stephen Maguire (Sco)
Second-round results:
Jamie Jones (Wal) 13-10 Andrew Higginson (Eng)
Mark Williams (Wal) 6-13 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng)
Ali Carter (Eng) 13-12 Judd Trump (Eng)
Matthew Stevens (Wal) 13-11 Barry Hawkins (Eng)
Ryan Day (Wal) 13-7 Cao Yupeng (Chn)
John Higgins (Sco) 4-13 Stephen Hendry (Sco)
Joe Perry (Eng) 7-13 Stephen Maguire (Sco)
David Gilbert (Eng) 9-13 Neil Robertson (Aus)
First-round results:
Mark Williams (Wal) 10-6 Liu Chuang (Chn)
Ali Carter (Eng) 10-2 Mark Davis (Eng)
Mark Selby (Eng) 3-10 Barry Hawkins (Eng)
Judd Trump (Eng) 10-7 Dominic Dale (Wal)
John Higgins (Sco) 10-9 Liang Wenbo (Chn)
Martin Gould (Eng) 8-10 David Gilbert (Eng)
Mark Allen (NI) 6-10 Cao Yupeng (Chn)
Stuart Bingham (Eng) 4-10 Stephen Hendry (Sco)
Neil Robertson (Aus) 10-4 Ken Doherty (Ire)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) 10-5 Luca Brecel (Bel)
Matthew Stevens (Wal) 10-3 Marco Fu (HK)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) 8-10 Jamie Jones (Wal)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 10-4 Peter Ebdon (Eng)
Stephen Lee (Eng) 6-10 Andrew Higginson (Eng)
Graeme Dott (Sco) 1-10 Joe Perry (Eng)
Ding Junhui (Chn) 9-10 Ryan Day (Wal)
what do you think?
Kenny Turner
Shame on the BBC; their Ceefax pages reported Stephen Hendry's retirement as some-sort of shabby reaction to a loss... They approached it with a Hendry 'petulantly quit' slant after his defeat to Steven Maguire. This is a gross injustice and highly disrespectful to a player who has graced the game - and never set a foot wrong - in almost thirty years. They also managed to omit the fact that he scored a maximum 147 in this year's championship, the only player to achieve this so-far this year. What a lousy ending report on a sporting giant's distinguished career and retirement. They did, however, manage to ensure that the Roy Hodgson England coach appointment was included, not only in the sports pages, but in their 'Main News' pages. I have absolutely nothing against Mr. Hodgson and I genuinely wish him well, but compared to Stephen Hendry's incredible achievements and contribution to sport, it's all very tacky and childish - yes, childish. What must he do to gain their respect and recognition? Should he perhaps bring the game into disrepute, or sulk, threatening never to play again after a loss? BBC fans with laptops. Bad.
Mike Jordan
11:38am on 4/3/2012
They went all the way to China and players I have not heard of before won 8 frames in the first round, well done Barry Hearn
Jamie Smith
9:02pm on 4/3/2012
Well you know more players than I do because I counted 19 frames from guys I haven't heard of before. Snooker needed a change, needs more events, it isn't going to happen over night but now these guys who are mysteries to most people have a good chance of playing against the best more often and that will improve their game eventually 'the' game.