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The 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament. The event began on 21 April and ran until 7 May 2007 (with the final continuing into the early hours of 8 May) at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Graeme Dott was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 7–10 to Ian McCulloch and became another World Champion, who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title. John Higgins won his second World title by defeating qualifier Mark Selby 18–13 in the final. ==Tournament summary== *Before the tournament began Ronnie O'Sullivan alleged that the WPBSA draw had been fixed, after having been drawn in the first round against Ding Junhui, considered by bookmakers to be among the favourites for the title,〔 and noting that he had drawn European Open and UK Champion, Stephen Maguire, in both 2004 and 2005.〔 O'Sullivan later withdrew the accusation, and made no formal complaint to the WPBSA, who maintain that the draw was genuine.〔 * Defending champion Graeme Dott fell to the Crucible curse and became the 14th first-time champion who couldn't defend his title, as he lost in the first round by 7 frames to 10 against Ian McCulloch. * In the first round battle of the champions, John Parrott beat Steve Davis by 10 frames to 9. *Shaun Murphy came back from 7–12 down to win his quarter-final match against Matthew Stevens, a feat never before accomplished in a best of 25 frame match.〔"(Stevens hit for six as Murphy Prevails )" WorldSnooker.com – Tournament News, 2 May 2007〕 *During his semi-final match, John Higgins compiled the Crucible's 1,000th century break in frame 29.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25184550.html ) 〕 *The final had the latest finish in history, with the conclusion of the 31st and final frame coming at 00:54 am BST, just two minutes later than in 2006. * John Higgins' second title came nine years after his first, the longest gap between wins since his namesake Alex Higgins. It is the longest gap between wins at the Crucible. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007 World Snooker Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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