So that’s the first round completed in Sheffield and to give you a picture (no pun intended), of how matters have progressed, here are the very best of my photos so far from the 2011 World Championship qualifiers…
The action
Sam Baird
Sam Baird
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Igor Figueiredo
Kyren Wilson
Liu Song & Michael Judge
Michael Judge
James McBain
Dermot McGlinchey
Liu Song
Andrew Pagett
David Gilbert
Zhang Anda
Andrew Pagett
Adam Wicheard & Michaela Tabb
Joe Delaney
Liu Chuang
Liam Highfield
Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert & David Morris
Kyren Wilson
David Gray & Liu Chuang
Kurt Maflin
Ben Woollaston & Olivier Marteel
David Gray
Simon Bedford
Issara Kachaiwong
James Wattana
Kuldesh Johal
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Michael Judge
David Morris
Xiao Guodong and Kurt Maflin shake hands before their deciding frame
Sam Baird