Judd Trump eased his means by way of to the final 32 because the venue levels of the 2024 Northern Eire Open commenced on Sunday in Belfast.
The defending champion, who has lifted the Alex Higgins Trophy a file 4 instances, was hardly examined throughout his 4-0 outing in opposition to Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
Trump surrendered simply 30 factors as he raced into the following spherical on the Waterfront Corridor with breaks of 112, 72, and 65.
A number of of the higher-seeded contenders weren’t in a position to final lengthy within the season’s seventh rating occasion, nevertheless.
Mark Selby was the most important casualty on the desk with the latest British Open champion struggling a 4-3 reverse in opposition to Louis Heathcote.
Selby opened the affair with a run of 81 however couldn’t rating closely thereafter with fellow Leicester potter Heathcote, ranked 67 positions decrease on the earth, taking full benefit.
World quantity 12 Gary Wilson additionally crashed out following a 4-1 loss to veteran Mark Davis, and there have been surprising exits too for David Gilbert and Ryan Day.
The latter misplaced to up-and-coming teenager Stan Moody for the second time this month, the 18 year-old contributing 108 and 105 century breaks in one other advantageous show.
Gilbert, who had been having fun with a fairly robust begin to the 2024/25 marketing campaign, was dumped out by China’s Lei Peifan.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, in the meantime, will likely be taking no half within the match in any respect after it was introduced that the Rocket had withdrawn, citing medical causes.
It’s the third match in a row that O’Sullivan has skipped following absences at each the British and Wuhan Opens, and it’s the second 12 months in succession that he has not participated within the Northern Eire Open.
Lengthy Zehuang, who shocked many by reaching the semi-finals in Wuhan simply over per week in the past, is the beneficiary and strikes instantly into the final 32.
Elsewhere, 2023 world champion Luca Brecel secured a morale-boosting victory as he fought again from 2-1 behind to beat He Guoqiang in a deciding body.
This 12 months’s Crucible runner-up Jak Jones loved a way more snug time of it, the Welshman comprehensively ousting Alexander Ursenbacher with a whitewash win.
Among the many different higher-profile names to make it by way of their opening exams of the week had been Shaun Murphy and Stuart Bingham.
Murphy compiled a excessive break of 118 as he fought his means again from 2-0 behind to disclaim Jiang Jun, whereas Bingham overcame Scott Donaldson.
Robert Milkins, Zhou Yuelong, Pang Junxu, and Matthew Selt safely certified for the following spherical as properly.
On Tuesday, the spherical of 64 continues with former champion and residential favorite Mark Allen in motion.
Xiao Guodong additionally makes his first look since successful the Wuhan Open earlier within the month, representing his maiden rating success.
2024 Northern Eire Open
Final 64 Outcomes
Sunday, October twentieth
Robert Milkins 4-2 Jordan Brown
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Dominic Dale
Judd Trump 4-0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Jak Jones 4-0 Alexander Ursenbacher
Matthew Selt 4-1 Lyu Haotian
Luca Brecel 4-3 He Guoqiang
Lei Peifan 4-2 David Gilbert
Stan Moody 4-3 Ryan Day
Stuart Bingham 4-1 Scott Donaldson
Louis Heathcote 4-3 Mark Selby
Pang Junxu 4-3 Yuan Sijun
Mark Davis 4-1 Gary Wilson
Shaun Murphy 4-2 Jiang Jun
Lengthy Zehuang w/o Ronnie O’Sullivan
Schedule for Monday, October twenty first
Final 64 (bo7)
10am UTC+1
Si Jiahui vs Tian Pengfei
Tom Ford vs Rory Thor
Joe O’Connor vs Elliot Slessor
1pm UTC+1
Xiao Guodong vs Jimmy Robertson
Neil Robertson vs Graeme Dott
Zhang Anda vs Martin O’Donnell
Following 1pm video games
Hossein Vafaei vs Jimmy White
Ricky Walden vs Oliver Strains (L96)
7pm UTC+1
Barry Hawkins vs Matthew Stevens
Mark Allen vs Liu Hongyu
Stephen Maguire vs Anthony McGill
Following 7pm video games
John Higgins vs Fan Zhengyi
Jack Lisowski vs Wang Yuchen
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