Live snooker returns to our televisions today, with the Championship League taking place behind closed doors - as world number one Judd Trump takes to the baize on day one.
The tournament runs until June 11th, with former world champions Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, and Mark Selby among the others in the field.
The action will be live from 2.50pm today on ITV4 and Eurosport from Milton Keynes, with Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, and Alan McManus among the commentary and punditry teams.
Players and officials are all staying on-site, with everyone involved having to pass a Covid-19 test before they could play.
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Trump is closing in on a record of century breaks for a single season - having secured six ranking titles already this season, he needs just another seven century breaks across the remaining three tournaments to surpass Neil Robertson's 2013/14 record of 103 tons.
Trump told World Snooker Tour he has had a special feeling about his game all season long.
“It is certainly up there with the best seasons already, but if I could win the World Championship and become the first player to defend it the year after their maiden win, then you would probably have to class it as the best season.
"To win to six ranking events and be the first person to ever do that was a special feeling. When you get this kind of season you will always be close to other records as you are obviously doing something right.
“If all the events go ahead, then I’ve got a very good chance to firstly get to 100 and then hopefully get past Neil. It is good to hold any record in snooker.
Judd Trump plays a shot as Ronnie O'Sullivan looks on, during the final of the 2014 Coral UK Championship at the Barbican Centre, York."It wasn’t one of my main ambitions growing up, but it is always nice to be top dog and give players something to aim at.
“Neil could possibly do it, the way he scores. If Ronnie played in every single event, then he possibly could. I don’t think anyone else is even capable of it. I’d put myself, Neil and Ronnie in a league of our own when it comes to break building.
"You can see that by the number of century breaks that have been made in the last ten or 15 years. It has only really been us and Stephen Hendry in his prime, able to make these kinds of breaks.
“The season that I have had has given me the opportunity – the amount of games that I have played and the amount of frames. Winning six events has given me way more of a chance than anyone else has had this season.
"I’ve always been pretty consistent in the last three or four years, making 70 or 80 centuries in a season, but this year has blown it out of the park. My scoring and consistency has been on a different level.
"Hopefully I can continue and if I can, fingers crossed, get ten or 15 more centuries I could maybe put the record out of sight.”
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