O’Sullivan to meet Campbell in first round

Ronnie O’Sullivan will begin the defence of his World Championship title against Scotland’s Marcus Campbell.

O’Sullivan was initially slated to miss the competition at the Crucible in Sheffield, pulling out of the rest of the 2012-13 season last November due to “personal issues”, but he ended his sabbatical in February.

He will be chasing a fifth world title and, despite a significant time away from the game, the 37-year-old will be confident of defeating Campbell, whose best result came when he defeated Stephen Hendry 9-0 in the 1998 UK Championship.

Matthew Selt, who say off Ken Doherty in the final round of the qualifiers, earns a meeting with Mark Selby.

Full draw

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