Snooker: Welsh Open wildcards for teenagers Page and Rees
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Highlights: Rocket's brilliant 2016 comeback win in Cardiff
Welsh Open Snooker |
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Dates: 13-19 February Venue: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff |
Coverage: Live video on the BBC Sport website, plus updates on BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru |
Welsh teenagers Jackson Page and Tyler Rees have been given wildcards to the Welsh Snooker Open in Cardiff.
Under-18 world champion Page, 15, faces England's Jason Weston in the first round while 18-year-old Rees takes on fellow Welshman Jamie Jones.
The event starts on Monday, 13 February with defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan - a four-time winner - facing Tom Ford.
Michael White and Duane Jones meet amid 15 Welshmen in the draw., external
White was the only Welshman to reach the 2016 quarter-finals.
Another Welshman, Matthew Stevens, takes on world number two Stuart Bingham.
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- Published21 February 2016
