RONNIE O’SULLIVAN FAVOURITE TO WIN THE 2010 SNOOKER WORLD OPEN

The biggest name in Snooker is looking like a solid favourite to take the victory in the 2010 World Open of Snooker. Ronnie O’Sullivan is in action tomorrow and you can back him to win the tournament outright at a 3/1 price with popular Irish bookmaker Paddy Power.
Ding Junhui is trading at a 5/1 price tag alongside Mark Williams while Neil Robertson can be backed at a 6/1 listing. Stephen Maguire is available at a 13/2 price and then the odds take a bih jump to 14/1 for Jamie Cope. Stephen Hendry is trading at 16/1 while Barry Hawkins and Peter Ebdon are both available at 18/1. Martin Gould is priced at 20/1.
Other contenders include Stephen Lee, Andrew Higginson and Ricky Walden at 25/1 while Liu Song is listed at 66/1. Alan McManus can be backed at an 80/1 shot- making him the longest odds on the board.
In match betting today, we’ve got Mark Williams vs Barry Hawkins and you can back Williams as the 4/7 favourite against 5/4 Hawkins. Peter Ebdon is a heavy favourite to dispose of Liu Song. Ebdon trades at 4/9 while Song is available at a 13/8 price tag.
Jamie Cope vs Ricky Walden is a tight-looking fixture on Friday and you can back Cope at 4/5 and Walden at an even-money price- toss-up, this one.
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Stephen Hendry is going to be the feature fixture on Friday and you can lock in a solid 4/11 price tag on O’Sullivan to win the match. Hendry trades at 2/1.
Stephen Maguire vs Alan McManus shows Maguire as the heavy 2/5 favourite while McManus can be backed at a 7/4 listing. This is a fairly straightforward fixture and Maguire should take this no problem.
Neil Robertson vs Andrew Higginson looks like an interesting fixture and Robertson trades at ½ while Higginson is listed at a 6/4 price tag. Martin Gould vs Stephen Lee is the most even fixture of the day with Paddy Power pricing them both at 5/6.