2014 Coral UK Championship - 第一圈 Day 1 Review

一連兩星期的 2014 Coral UK Championship 正式展開，首日高排名球手太都順利出線。

第一圈賽果（括號內為世界排名）
Kurt Maflin (33) 6-1 Chris Norbury (98)
Peter Ebdon (31) 6-5 Ross Muir (96)
Robert Milkins (16) 6-0 Michael Leslie (113)
Marcus Campbell (48) 6-4 Scott Donaldson (80)
Graeme Dott (17) 6-2 Alexander Ursenbacher (112)
Anthony Hamilton (50) 6-5 Craig Steadman (82)
Barry Hawkins (5) 6-1 Ashley Carty
Nigel Bond (60) 6-3 Stuart Carrington (68)
Tom Ford (41) 6-4 Barry Pinches (89)
Alan McManus (24) 1-6 Joel Walker (105)
Alfie Burden (58) 6-4 Chris Wakelin (72)
Stuart Bingham (9) 6-0 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (127)
Aditya Mehta (54) 6-4 Alex Davies (75)
Michael Holt (23) 6-1 Zak Surety (106)
Dechawat Poomjaeng (42) 6-2 Andrew Norman (88)

Joel Walker 是唯一出線的低排名球手

大名球手首日比賽均順利取勝，唯一較為意外的賽果，近年回勇的 Alan McManus 在第一圈不敵小將 Joel Walker。名將 Peter Ebdon 就在決勝局中險勝 Ross Muir，避免出局。Anthony Hamilton 雖然因去錯比賽地點被罰一局，但最終仍在決勝局淘汰 Craig Steadman。

明日的比賽將會分三節進行，將會有 Mark Selby 與丁俊暉的出現。另外兩位登場的前列球手，分別會是 John Higgins 與 Ricky Walden。

第一圈賽程（括號內為世界排名，底線為預測勝出之球手）
Anthony McGill (38) vs Michael Georgiou (92)
John Higgins (14) vs Lee Walker (120)
Jamie Cope (53) vs John Astley (76)
Matthew Stevens (21) vs Allan Taylor (108)
Gerard Greene (45) vs Vinnie Calabrese (86)
肖國棟 (20) vs Ian Glover (109)
Ben Woollaston (37) vs Michael Wasley (90)
Martin Gould (27) vs Lee Page (97)
Matthew Selt (44) vs Hammad Miah (85)
Dominic Dale (29) vs Tony Drago (101)
丁俊暉 (3) vs John Sutton
Jimmy White (64) vs Dave Harold (70)
Mark King (30) vs James Cahill (100)
Andrew Higginson (36) vs 田鵬飛 (93)
Mike Dunn (51) vs Andrew Pagett (79)
Robbie Williams (56) vs Sam Baird (73)
Ricky Walden (8) vs Steve Davis (119)
Fergal O'Brien (28) vs Igor Figueiredo (103)
Jamie Burnett (43) vs Fraser Patrick (84)
Ryan Day (22) vs 呂琛瑋 (107)
Rod Lawler (35) vs Alex Borg (94)
David Morris (62) vs 李行 (66)
Mark Selby (1) vs Oliver Brown