Stephen Hendry ahead of his clash with Zhang Anda in the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship

He was the only man to hit a 147 break in last year's Betfred.com World Snooker Championships (http://content.betfred.com/snooker/). Now Stephen Hendry faces Zhang Anda as his first round opponent as he aims for an eighth crown at the Crucible.

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[keflar5]

@sweetypie000 I don't want to agree with you but..................... They seem to be better potters than safety players though even Dings safety game sucks and i find they hardy ever play interesting shots, hard to be imaginative when your whole country is brainwashed

[HengistTheGreat]

@TheAdrenochrome

Not even close.. (laughs off into distance).

[ribhkum]

@sweetypie000 it's a pity we can't press a button and make them all dissapear eh!!

[TheAdrenochrome]

He is the godfather of Snooker!

[sweetypie000]

even though i'm certainly not Hendrys number one fan I am very glad that he beat Zhang.

I do find the Chinese players boring to be honest and not that aesthetically interesting to look at. They all seem like clones !

Theres SO many Chinese in the world that it's obvious you are going to get many more just because of sheer numbers.

I give it 10 years until its nothing but chinese players and the game will be boring and linear - like F1

If Hendry wants his 8th title he will get it, simple