Coral English Open day 1 tips: Stuart Bingham and sevenfold acca feature

Just 13 places in snooker’s world rankings separate Joe Perry (11) and Matthew Selt (24). Compared to some other English Open first round clashes, this looks a close one to call.

These two have only met competitively once before and that was in a similar best-of-even frames affair on the players’ tour in 2010.

Selt edged that 4-3, but safer odds of 11/5 say there will be a decider in his latest clash with Gentleman Joe.

Stuart Carrington to be frames 1-4 winner against Peter Ebdon

Grimsby potter Stuart Carrington has proved a thorny foe for 2002 World Snooker champion Peter Ebdon in the past.

Captain Slow’s grinding out tactics on the baize don’t seem to work against this relative youngster, so it may be wiser to bet against Ebdon.

Carrington is a terrific 2/1 to be frames 1-4 winner after leading their previous two head-to-heads 4-0 by that stage.

Zhou Yuelong to beat Jimmy White with a 1.5 frame handicap

As popular as six-time Crucible runner-up Jimmy White is with snooker fans, he’s never beaten Zhou Yuelong of China before.

Comfortable 4-2 and 4-1 scorelines in meetings last year and 2014 respectively suggest the Chinese cueman can win with a handicap.

That market is set at 1.5 frames for this fixture, so Zhou Yuelong should be able to cover that at evens.

Monday sevenfold snooker acca

Finally, we’ve picked out seven bankers to win and combined them into an awesome acca at current combined odds of just over 5/2*. A €/£1 stake if siding with all of the below returns €/£3.51.

One-time UK champion Stephen Maguire (1/14)*, snooker legend Stephen Hendry’s nephew James Cahill (1/5)*, Mark King (2/5)*, Chinese sensation Ding Junhui (1/12)*, double Crucible king Mark Williams (1/8)*, and fellow Welsh potters Ryan Day (2/5)* and Matthew Stevens (1/7)* all look dead certs to progress.

This sensational sevenfold snooker acca is just crying out to be taken, because these established names all face lesser opposition.

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*All quoted odds for the sevenfold acca correct at the time of publishing.