The principle levels of the English Open begin on Monday with the highest 32 seeds joined by 32 lower-ranked qualifiers in Brentwood.
Three days of preliminary motion on the Brentwood Centre noticed the gamers ranked from 33 to 128 jostle for the remaining spots within the spherical of 64.
In a change to the format for House Nations occasions this season, the highest 32 from the world rankings had been routinely seeded by way of.
The likes of reigning champion Judd Trump, Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Kyren Wilson will now be part of the competitors.
Trump, who has reached the ultimate of all three occasions he’s participated on this season whereas claiming two titles, faces China’s Liu Hongyu.
O’Sullivan is in the identical half of the draw and in addition performs a Chinese language competitor within the type of He Guoqiang.
Wilson, who beat Trump to win the Xi’an Grand Prix final month, is within the reverse facet of the draw together with his first bout towards David Grace.
Among the many gamers to make it by way of the opening rounds from Thursday to Saturday had been former rating occasion winners Matthew Stevens, Joe Perry, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Michael Holt, and Jimmy Robertson.
The latter, who subsequent encounters Barry Hawkins, will likely be hoping to construct on his latest run to the quarter-finals of the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters the place he bagged £50,000 in prize cash.
Former European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi additionally superior after finishing his round-of-96 victory with a magnificent most break.
A number of round-of-96 fixtures, together with these involving Ricky Walden and Dominic Dale, had been held over.
However from right here on out for the remainder, six extra wins will likely be required to land the Steve Davis Trophy and the primary House Nations title of the marketing campaign.
An elevated prize fund this yr sees the champion’s cheque rise from £80,000 to £100,000.
It’s fairly a approach off what was provided in Riyadh final week, however it’s nonetheless a optimistic signal demonstrating that rewards on the World Snooker Tour are enhancing usually.
Among the many others who will likely be hoping to problem for glory will likely be Mark Allen, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, John Higgins, and Saudi finalist Mark Williams.
Neil Robertson, one in all 5 former English Open champions within the 2024 discipline, will look to proceed his climb again up the rankings when he takes on Jackson Web page.
A minor subplot to proceedings this week, in the meantime, is the continuing race between Judd Trump and John Higgins to see who will likely be second participant in historical past to achieve the 1,000 centuries milestone.
Higgins wants two whereas Trump requires three tons to emulate Ronnie O’Sullivan’s achievement from 2019.
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2024 English Open draw
Spherical of 64
Matches to be performed on Monday, September sixteenth and Tuesday, September seventeenth
Judd Trump vs Liu Hongyu
Matthew Selt vs Ricky Walden/Mink Nutcharut
Ryan Day vs Fan Zhengyi
Robert Milkins vs Oliver Strains
Stuart Bingham vs Wu Yize
Ali Carter vs Ian Burns
Noppon Saengkham vs Zak Surety
Mark Williams vs Ben Woollaston
Mark Selby vs Aaron Hill
Joe O’Connor vs Artemijs Zizins
Tom Ford vs Jiang Jun
Si Jiahui vs Andrew Pagett
Hossein Vafaei vs Matthew Stevens
Jak Jones vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Stephen Maguire vs Yuan Sijun/Bulcsú Révész
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs He Guoqiang
Mark Allen vs Lengthy Zehuang
Lyu Haotian vs Dominic Dale/Liam Davies
John Higgins vs Andrew Higginson
David Gilbert vs Michael Holt
Chris Wakelin vs Joe Perry
Zhang Anda vs Mark Davis
Pang Junxu vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Luca Brecel vs Anthony Hamilton
Shaun Murphy vs Jamie Clarke
Neil Robertson vs Jackson Web page
Gary Wilson vs Ross Muir
Zhou Yuelong vs Jamie Jones
Jack Lisowski vs Xu Si
Barry Hawkins vs J. Robertson
Anthony McGill vs Xiao Guodong/Mitchell Mann
Kyren Wilson vs David Grace
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