NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
The draw for the last 32 of the UK Championship has been made with the world’s top 16 learning their fate against the 16 players to come through qualifying.
Defending champion Zhao Xintong will take on either Ian Burns or Sam Craigie while world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan meets former champ Matthew Stevens.
There are standout contests as Mark Selby plays Hossein Vafaei, Neil Robertson meets his pal Joe Perry and friends also collide as Mark Allen takes on Jordan Brown – the Northern Irish pair for the first time as professionals.
Judd Trump gets either Xiao Guodong or Andres Petrov, Jimmy White’s prize for coming through qualifying at 60 years old is Ryan Day and there is an all Chinese clash between Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong.