Players Championship 2018 results: Ronnie O’Sullivan to face Shaun Murphy in the final

PLAYERS Championship 2018 - Ronnie O’Sullivan is in action this week and Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the latest snooker scores.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan is the favourite to win the Players Championship

Only the leading 16 players on the one-year ranking list have qualified for this week’s tournament that has a prize fund of £380,000.

Ronnie O’Sullivan heads the list of star names competing at Venue Cymru in north Wales, while Mark Williams, Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy are all in action.

Ryan Day goes into the tournament as one of the favourites though, having taken victory at the Gibraltar Open earlier this month with a 4-0 win over Cao Yupeng in the final.

The event runs from March 19 to 25 with the winner scooping £125,000.

First round action takes place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Final

Sunday

Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Shaun Murphy

Semi finals

Friday - Saturday

Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-5 Judd Trump

Shaun Murphy 6-3 Mark Williams

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Shaun Murphy has reached the semi finals

Quarter finals

Wednesday - Friday

Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-3 Ding Junhui

Neil Robertson 1-6 Judd Trump

Anthony McGill 5-6 Shaun Murphy

Ryan Day 3-6 Mark Williams

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Judd Trump is into the Players Championship quarter-finals

First round

Monday March 19

7pm

Shaun Murphy 6-3 Kyren Wilson

Ding Junhui 6-2 Mark Allen

Tuesday March 20

1pm

Mark Selby 3-6 Ryan Day

Mark Williams 6-2 Yan Bingtao

7pm

Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-1 Graeme Dott

Luca Brecel 2-6 Neil Robertson

Wednesday March 21

1pm

John Higgins 0-6 Anthony McGill

Judd Trump 6-4 Stephen Maguire