Ronnie O'Sullivan tells Laila to ‘stop taking pictures’
The English Open is underway in Essex with Ronnie O’Sullivan among those looking to win the event. The Rocket only returned to England on Monday (October 2nd) morning after jumping on a flight via Hong Kong following a money-spinning exhibition match with Jimmy White.
He landed just hours before he was due to face Andrew Pagett in a qualifying match at 1pm in Brentwood but fought off jet lag to win comfortably.
O’Sullivan has only won one English Open since the tournament’s inception in 2015 – beating Kyren Wilson at the Barnsley Metradom in 2017 to claim the cup.
Last year, Mark Selby picked up his second English Open crown with a win over Belgian Luca Brecel. He faces Xing Zihao this afternoon and comes into the tournament in impressive form after reaching the final of the British Open.
Express Sport keeps you up to date with all the latest updates and results from the English Open below…
Trump wins 4-0
A routine victory for Judd Trump, who wins all four of his frames against Sean O’Sullivan (no relation to Ronnie!) to advance.
Barry Hawkins has also seen off Anthony Hamilton 4-1.
In the only other match tonight, Oliver Lines currently leads Kyren Wilson 2-1.
Brecel through
Belgium’s Luca Brecel wins 4-3 despite falling 3-2 down after winning the first two frames.
Elsewhere, Shaun Murphy is out after losing 4-3 to Liu Hongyu and Matthew Selt beats Michael White 4-3.
Neil Robertson loses!
World No 6 Neil Robertson is beaten in qualifying by Sanderson Lam.
The Yorkshireman, nicknamed Panda, wins 4-2 against the Aussie in a huge upset.
Elsewhere, Ryan Day defeats Ashley Hugill 4-2, Yuan SiJun has beaten Tom Ford 4-2 and Ali Carter sees off 4-1 Jamie Clarke.
Next up, world No 2 Luca Brecel takes on Stan Moody at 7pm.
John Higgins prevails
John Higgins beats Marco Fu 4-3 and that means today’s final results look this so far today…
John Higgins def Marco Fu 4-3
Ding Junhui def Ma Hailong 4-3
Ryan Day def Ashley Hugill 4-2
Robert Milkins def Robbie Williams 4-1
Ronnie O’Sullivan def Andrew Pagett 4-0
Mark Allen def Mostafa Dorgham 4-0
Ryan Davies def Bradley Cowdroy 4-2
Jack Lisowski def Matthew Stevens 4-1
O’Sullivan tennis elbow flare ups threaten English Open glory
Ronnie O’Sullivan pushed through the pain barrier as he defeated Andrew Pagett in straight frames.
The Rocket was grimacing in agony for the majority of the contest as a painful tennis elbow flare-up plagued him throughout.
“The elbow is no good really,” said O’Sullivan. “I have tried resting it, and I must get back on the painkillers. It will be all right once I take them, but long term I don’t want to keep taking them.
“I might take another cortisone injection which again I don’t really want to do as it weakens the muscles or something, whatever.”
Today’s scores so far
Here are the latest scores from the first batch of qualifiers. Marco Fu and John Higgins are down to their final frame (tied 3-3) while Tom Ford and Yuan Sijun are up next in Brentwood.
Scores
Ding Junhui def Ma Hailong 4-3
Ryan Day def Ashley Hugill 4-2
Robert Milkins def Robbie Williams 4-1
Ronnie O’Sullivan def Andrew Pagett 4-0
Mark Allen def Mostafa Dorgham 4-0
O’Sullivan 4-0 Pagett
Ronnie O’Sullivan takes his opening match in straight frames with a 59-38 in the fourth. Andrew Pagett put up a fight in portions but was ultimately outgunned by the World No 1.
O’Sullivan 3-0 Pagett
Ronnie O’Sullivan takes the third set 83-1. This is turning into a whitewash. Around the tables, Matthew Stevens has pegged back a set on Jack Liskowski to reduce the deficit to 2-1 while Ryan Davies and Bradley Cowdry are tied at one apiece. Marc Fu leads John Higgins 2-1.
O’Sullivan 2-0 Pagett
Ronnie O’Sullivan is starting to get into his groove now. It appears jet flag from his 14-hour flight via Hong Kong won’t factor here. 97-17 O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan 1-0 Pagett
Ronnie O’Sullivan takes the opening frame 59-38 after a costly mistake from Pagett at 33-38. Elsewhere, Marco Fu leads John Higgins 1-0 as too does Bradley Cowdry over Ryan Davies. Meanwhile, Jack Lisowski is en route to beating Matthew Stevens in straight frames.
Allen demolishes Dorgham
Mark Allen scored a rare quadruple century in four frames to steamroll past Egyptian snooker player Mostafa Dorgham in the opening English Open qualifier. He is now set to face Wu Yize in a first-round clash on Tuesday.
How to watch the English Open
UK and European fans can watch all the action live on Eurosport and Discovery+ with coverage starting today from midday
Today’s fixture list
Qualifiers
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