Scots tip McGill ‘to go all the way’

McGill has already upset three top-16 players in his first two appearances at The Crucible

Anthony McGill’s fellow Scottish players are convinced he has what it takes to “go all the way” in snooker.

McGill, 25, has already caused a stir at the World Championship by knocking out last year’s runner-up Shaun Murphy in the opening round at The Crucible.

That followed his debut appearance at the tournament 12 months ago, when he beat Stephen Maguire and Mark Selby.

Alan McManus believes McGill has “the whole package” while Graeme Dott says he “is as good as anyone else”.

The Glaswegian, who has come through qualifying for the second straight year, faces Hong Kong’s Marco Fu in the second round in Sheffield starting on Thursday, 21 April at 1300 BST.

McManus, 45, who begins his own second-round match against Ali Carter later on Thursday, is a regular practice partner of McGill, ranked 30 in the world.

“I stood up in Ponds [Forge, the Sheffield venue for World Championship qualifying] last year and said ‘that boy can do damage here’, and I think you all now see what I was meaning,” he told BBC Scotland.

“I wouldn’t say that lightly, as there’s not many …

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