Joakim Andersson

Liang Wenbo became the first Chinese player to reach the quarter-finals at The Crucible as he won 13-12 in an enthralling match over Joe Swail.

BBC Sport: Liang edges out Swail in classic

It was magic to watch and the final frame was nerve-wrecking. Go see it at the BBC link above!

Now Liang Wenbo will face Ronnie O’Sullivan in an interesting quarter final. Liang’s over-the-top aggressive style reminds me of a young O’Sullivan, who by now is more selectively aggressive and has a brilliant defensive game.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is playing against Mark Williams in the second round right now. If you don’t have eurosport you can follow the exciting match on eurosport or on the bbc website.

It’s brilliant snooker, so don’t miss it!

Brilliant snooker yesterday in the first round between Ding Junhui and Marco Fu. The best match so far this world championship with Ding Junhui in the end winning with 10-9 but it could have gone either way.

I hope you didn’t miss it!

The 2008 World Snooker Championship has begun! On Saturday the first matches started and when we weren’t out and about during the weekend the TV was tuned in to Eurosport. If you don’t get eurosport on your TV you can watch the web feeds from the eurosport site.

I expect we will watch quite a bit of snooker the coming few weeks. But after the World Championship there won’t be another ranking event until in August…

BBC Sport also covers the snooker.

It was quite an amazing final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby last night. Ronnie was leading 8-5, only needing one more frame to win his 20th ranking victory. Mark Selby, however, fought back, winning three in a row and suddenly it was 8-8 and a deciding frame. Which he won after Ronnie made a few mistakes too many.

Read more at BBC Sports.

Last night Mark Selby easily won the final in the Masters with 10-3 over Stephen Lee. While that might not have been that tough, Selby won his previous three matches 6-5 to reach the final.

To first go though that and then cruise the final like he did is quite impressive.

The unpredictable Ronnie O’Sullivan will probably keep his loyal fans but a charismatic player like Mark Selby showing consistent results will for sure charm the crowds.

Don’t get me wrong, I love to watch Ronnie play snooker but you just never know what you get. Sometimes he will be brilliant, at other times though he just totally stink. On the other hand watching Selby you know you are going to get good snooker.

BBC SPORT | Other sport… | Snooker | O’Sullivan romps to UK final win

Not that surprising considering the 8-0 lead from the afternoon session. Ronnie is now back at first place on the provisional ranking.

It seems like Ronnie O’Sullivan’s game has finally come together and he’s playing solid good snooker once again. Stephen Maguire on the other hand is totally out of balance and he can’t hit a ball!

After the afternoon session of the UK Championship final Ronnie is leading 8-0. That’s right. He won every single frame played in the session. He’s like a whole new man compared to yesterday’s semi-final.

The evening session starts at 2000GMT but it won’t be long. There is no way Maguire can recover from this.

"He had the upper hand, he’s a tough player and a tough competitor. I was losing it midway at 6-3 down, I was struggling out there, but I had to find a way of staying focused."

O’Sullivan revealed he did so by counting spots on the side of a spoon.

"There were 108 dots on either side, and I was counting them in twos and threes," he explained. "It was my little mental exercise.

BBC SPORT | Other sport… | Snooker | O’Sullivan fires 147 to pip Selby

Is it just me that finds that quite odd?