32 in Telford Part 1

Here are my thoughts on what will happen to each player at the UK's.

Part Two Coming Soon

Ronnie O'Sullivan - Obviously the favourite and showed his class with a 7-2 thrashing of Mark Selby in the Premier League Final. Has his off days and he'll hope he doesn't have one against Joe Perry in the First Round.

Stephen Maguire -  Should get past Burnett but Holt or Robertson won't be easy. Needs to do well here or will face slipping further down the rankings.

Shaun Murphy - Martin Gould is a good draw and a bad draw (if that's possible). It may be good to get the Lowest Ranked player in the competition but if he loses (which I think he might) it could really kill off Shaun. 

Mark Selby - Mark needs to forget what happened at the Premier League and focus on the UK's. He has potential to blow everyone away if he performs like he can. Mark Williams isn't the easiest draw in the world but expect Selby to win that. Unfortunately he's in the Top Half of the draw with Ryan Day and Ronnie. That could dent his chances.

John Higgins - Higgins is probably the only likely winner (except Holty, obviously) and will want to perform as well as he did in Glasgow and make it 2 out 2 in the BBC Tournaments. Swail should be easy, and the rest of his half are all beatable.

Stephen Hendry - I thought Stephen's career was over when he lost to Higgins at Glasgow, he couldn't pot and he only just beat Gilbert in the previous round. Then he thumped Walden in Bahrain and reached the Semis. He then lost 5-0 to Selby in the Premier League and once again I think his career is over. Can he prove me wrong? Maybe. He should beat Stephen Lee but Trump looks a likely end.

Ali Carter - My tip for Bahrain (until he lost) has another good chance of winning a title. McCulloch is, well, McCulloch. Unfortunately, he is in the Top Half with Day likely in the Last 8. Still, he is a good bet.

Peter Ebdon - It's not like anyone cares but I'll do him anyway. He has Andrew 'Hey- I-Once-Reached-A-Final' Higginson in the First Round before Carter. Expect it to end there.

Neil Robertson - Bahrain winner will want to win two in a row to prove the first was no fluke (yes it was). Doesn't stand a chance against Holt though, obviously.  

Ding Junhui - Mr Inconsistent will want to win the title he won in 2005 (I think). Back then he beat Steve Davis in the final to win. His first round opponent? Ooh, it's Steve. Is in the 2nd Half of the draw so that will help his chances.

Joe Perry - So close to beating Ronnie in the Prem but has chance for revenge in the 2nd Round. Mark Davis has beaten Walden and Ding this season so he will be no pushover.

Graeme Dott - Believe it or not Dot is still in the Top 16. Provisionally however he is only just in the Top 48. He takes on Ken Doherty in a match that could kill off the losers career. Dott loses he's in danger of falling below Liu Song. If Ken Doherty loses he er... gets to commentate. Lets hope Dott wins then.

Marco Fu - Barry Hawkins is one of the best players outside the Top 16. So Marco won't like this draw one bit. Barry'll be favourite so Fu needs to play well.

Mark King - Judd Trump = Game Over.

Mark Allen - It's been a poor season for the young Northern Irish star, so this tournament is huge for him. Bingham is not an easy match and Allen will be the underdog.

Look out for Part Two!