World champion Wu Yize arrange an intriguing second-round tie towards former Crucible winner Kyren Wilson on the British Open after each received their opening matches.
China’s Wu beat compatriot Liu Hongyu 4-3 in Cheltenham, whereas 2024 world champion Wilson was a 4-1 winner towards Austria’s Florian Nuessle.
Final 12 months’s British Open champion Shaun Murphy was joined by Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins, Judd Trump and John Higgins in progressing to the second spherical.
Nevertheless, three-time world champion Mark Williams misplaced 4-0 to David Gilbert, world quantity two Neil Robertson fell 4-1 to Pang Junxu, and 2023 world champion Luca Brecel fell 4-3 to Chris Wakelin.
Mark Joyce, who changed Ronnie O’Sullivan after the seven-time world champion withdrew due to medical causes, beat Poland’s Mateusz Baranowski 4-1.
New world primary Zhao Xintong, the primary Chinese language participant to develop into world champion in 2025, will play his opening-round match towards England’s Oliver Brown on Tuesday.
Zhao reached the ultimate of the Wuhan Open final week, securing the highest rating spot within the course of, solely to lose 10-7 to countryman Chang Bingyu within the title match.
The British Open makes use of a random draw for every spherical, with no seeds, that means high-profile names can face one another early within the event.
