Welsh Open snooker 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Action on NOW as Ronnie O’Sullivan WITHDRAWS, defending champ Wilson OUT – updates

BetVictor rankings

1. Neil Robertson, £118,600
2. Kyren Wilson, £114,400
3. Lei Peifan, £110,000
4. Wu Yize, £90,000
5. Judd Trump, £58,200
6. Mark Allen, £39,600

Home Nations bonus

There are four BetVictor Home Nations events, with the best performer across all four events banking an extra £150,000.

These events are:

• The English Open (WINNER: Neil Robertson)
• The Northern Irish Open (WINNER: Kyren Wilson)
• The Scottish Open (WINNER: Lei Peifan)
• The Welsh Open

Today's schedule - with Ronnie in action

Shaun Murphy should be one of the early attractions on day two - with his clash against Ma Hailong.

But 1pm could be High Noon for Ronnie O'Sullivan's thinking over his future.

The seven-time world champ, 49 will hope to end his run of indifferent form when he takes on 30-year-old Welshman Jamie Clarke.

Reigning world champ Kyren Wilson meets Marco Fu from 2pm.

And 2023 Crucible king Luca Brecel perhaps has much to prove when he enters the fray against Stuart Carrington in the evening.

10am
Shaun Murphy v Ma Hailong
Barry Hawkins v Sanderson Lam

1pm
Ryan Day v Ben Mertens
Wu Yize v Scott Donaldson
Lyu Haotian v Joe O’Connor
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Jamie Clarke

2pm
Kyren Wilson v Marco Fu
Matthew Selt v Ricky Walden
David Gilbert v Jordan Brown
Jak Jones v Matthew Stevens

7pm
Chris Wakelin v Michael Holt
Hossein Vafaei v Fan Zhengyi
Noppon Saengkham v Dylan Emery
Luca Brecel v Stuart Carrington

8pm
Jack Lisowski v Joshua Cooper
Ali Carter v Rory Thor

Yesterday's results - as Bingham is stunned

Here's how day one unfolded - with most of the big names making it through.

But it was a surprise to see Stuart Bingham slump out 4-0 to Robbie Williams.

Mark Selby, Mark Williams and - albeit by a whisker - Mark Allen are into round two.

10am
Mark Selby 4-2 Haydon Pinhey
Si Jiahui 2-4 Jamie Jones

1pm
Mark Williams 4-1 Florian Nuessle
Neil Robertson 4-2 Mark Davis
Zhou Yuelong 1-4 Yuan Sijun
Pang Junxu 4-2 Dominic Dale

2pm
Gary Wilson 3-4 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Jackson Page 4-2 Jimmy Robertson
Stuart Bingham 0-4 Robbie Williams
Stephen Maguire 4-2 Xu Si

7pm
Mark Allen 4-3 Stan Moody
John Higgins 4-0 Graeme Dott
Robert Milkins 4-1 Wang Yuchen
Elliot Slessor 4-0 Liam Davies

8pm
Zhang Anda 4-2 Ross Muir
Tom Ford 4-2 Andrew Higginson

Higgins is the day-one star

John Higgins showed at 49 he can still be as good as anyone.

The four-time world champ beat fellow Scot Graeme Dott 4-0 with some huge scoring

Higgins compiled breaks of 113, 60 and 107 to wrap up one of the most impressive victories on day one of the Welsh Open.

Mark claims he relied on 'mistakes' to win

Mark Allen reckons he was fortunate to beat Stan Moody.

And the World No. 8 was "surprised" the 18-year-old missed a red in the deciding frame that possibly proved decisive.

Moody raced 29-0 up but fluffed a pot to the baulk pocket, with Allen then rattling off a 67 break to triumph 4-3.

He said: "Stan started really well to go 2-0 up.

"I hung in there and played some decent stuff to get back into it.

"I had to rely on him making a few mistakes towards the end. I'm relieved to get through.

"I didn't expect him to miss the red in the last frame, I made a good break from there and I'm pleased to close it out that way.

"I haven't practised as hard as I usually do for this event but I have a day off tomorrow to try to be ready for Wednesday."

Allen relief at pipping teenager

Mark Allen admits he had to "hang on in there" for his 4-3 comeback win over 18-year-old Stan Moody.

And Moody, who had led 3-2, will rue a missed red in the final frame.

The outsider went 2-0 up with breaks of 59 and 95.

And he had chances to go make that 3-0 before Allen took it on the colours.

The Northern Irishman hit top form to level with a 128 - only for Moody to regain his lead with a solid table visit of 64.

Allen edged a lengthy and patchy frame six to level.

And he held his nerve in the last frame.

Jumping into pool at 76

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Hearn is set to become the oldest person to appear in a professional pool tournament in the UK, writes ROB MAUL.

The British sports promoter, 76, has been given a wildcard to play at the UK Open Pool Championship, which takes place at the Telford International Centre between May 6-11.

Hearn, who has vowed to practise daily in the build-up, will be involved in at least two games and his goal is to win one of them.

It follows his appearance at last summer’s US Open Pool Championship at Atlantic City where he won one rack in a 9-1 opening-round loss to Polish star Konrad Juszczyszyn – and this cost son Eddie a lot of money in a family bet.

His progress and performance should feature in the new Netflix documentary – ‘Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen’ – which has been following the Hearn family as they promote darts, snooker and boxing.

Given his company run the World Nineball Tour, it was not exactly hard to secure the spot but he told the haters: “I don’t really care – I’m entering.”

“It has caused chaos in my household but I have cleared out a room and my own table will arrive in the next few weeks. I will play every day.

“My struggle is the same for those 76-year-olds out there that dreamed of being at Wembley and scoring the winning goal – or hitting the winning runs at Lord’s.

“I’m 27 years older than Ronnie O’Sullivan and he’s contemplating retirement from snooker. I’m just starting this journey in the sport. I have no excuses for not getting better."