Monday sees the start of the 2013 China Open, the final tournament before next month’s all-important World Championship, as the seedings for Sheffield are finalised in Beijing.
Broadcast live on Eurosport as is the norm, the opening day sees the likes of Graeme Dott and Stephen Maguire begin their last 32 matches, while six of the qualifiers will have to battle it out against the local wildcards to make it through to the same stage.
All of the usual quicklinks can be found on the right-hand side, while you can read my preview of all of the outstanding ranking issues to be resolved this week here.
For what it’s worth, my tournament predictions are:
Semi-finals: Allen def Bingham, Trump def Walden
Final: Allen def Trump