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Doherty handed tough draw at the Crucible

Ireland’s Ken Doherty has been drawn against 2007 runner up Mark Selby in the opening round of the World Snooker Championship next month.

His fellow Dubliner Fergal O’Brien is up against Australia’s Neal Robertson.

World Number one Ronnie O’Sullivan will take on Chinese sensation Liang Wenbo, while defending champion John Higgins faces Barry Hawkins.

Draw in full:

John Higgins v Barry Hawkins

Mark King v Steve Davis

Neil Robertson v Fergal O’Brien

Marco Fu v Martin Gould

Ali Carter v Jamie Cope

Joe Perry v Michael Holt

Ding Junhui v Stuart Pettman

Shaun Murphy vGerard Greene

Stephen Maguire v Stephen Lee

Peter Ebdon v Graeme Dott

Mark Allen v Tom Ford

Ryan Day v Mark Davis

Mark Selby v Ken Doherty

Stephen Hendry v Zhang Anda

Mark Williams v Marcus Campbell

Ronnie O’Sullivan v Liang Wenbo

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