Northern Ireland Open snooker 2022 - Latest scores, results, schedule, order of play, Ronnie O'Sullivan stars

16.10.2022 - 11:23 eurosport.com

The 2022 Home Nations series kicks off with the Northern Ireland Open, with snooker's top players set to battle it out for the Alex Higgins trophy.

Three-time champion Judd Trump will be hoping to reclaim the title he vacated in 2021, while Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and John Higgins also have their eyes on the top prize.

Ad The 2021 Northern Ireland Open was a thriller, capped with Mark Allen roaring back from 8-6 behind in the final to stun John Higgins 9-8 and clinch his first title on home soil.

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Welcome Ad Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of the 2022 Northern Ireland Open — we'll be here with live comments from 12:45 BST. Northern Ireland OpenAllen beats Lee in late-night finish to keep title defence hopes alive10 HOURS AGO O'Sullivan reveals snooker 'not main priority' Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed he is writing a new book and that snooker is “not the main priority” for him right now following his shock defeat to David Grace at the Northern Ireland Open.

Mark Selby says concentration 'was non-existent' in win over Hammad Miah at Northern Ireland Open

Mark Selby says his concentration “was non-existent” during his scrappy 4-2 win over Hammad Miah at the Northern Ireland Open. The four-time world champion is feeling his way back into the sport following a tough time last season on account of a battle with his mental heath. Ad Following his win over Reanne Evans, Selby revealed he was working without a coach and was happy with how things were developing off the table.

Mark Selby fights off Hammad Miah in scrappy match to reach the last 16 of Northern Ireland Open

Mark Selby left Hammad Miah extremely frustrated in a scrappy contest as he took a 4-2 victory to reach the last 16 at the Northern Ireland Open. Miah had chances to win every frame, but couldn’t take them and was punished for his mistakes which meant he was 3-0 down after losing two frames on the final black. Ad He fought back to 3-2, but lost the next frame to Selby, who will play Michael White in the next round on Thursday.

Neil Robertson dominates John Astley to reach Northern Ireland Open last 16 for first time in snooker career

Neil Robertson cruised to a 4-1 victory against John Astley to reach the fourth round of the Northern Ireland Open for the first time in his career. Robertson has a relatively poor record in Belfast, having won the three other Home Nations tournaments, but is arguably the favourite to triumph this week following shock defeats for Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump.

Amazing Grace fires Rocket out of Northern Ireland Open

Ronnie O'Sullivan became the latest big name to drop out of the Northern Ireland Open after suffering a shock 4-3 loss to David Grace.

Northern Ireland Open snooker 2022 LIVE – Ronnie O'Sullivan in action before Neil Robertson in afternoon

Action packed schedule Ad What a line up we have today at the Northern Ireland Open with Ronnie O'Sullivan heading up the billing in Belfast. Northern Ireland Open‘We should be finished!’ – Higgins unsure why younger players are struggling to make breakthrough18 HOURS AGO 10:00 Lyu Haotian v Mark King Elliot Slessor v Yan Bingtao Tian Pengfei v Martin Gould 13:00 Dominic Dale v Zhou Yuelong David Grace v Ronnie O'Sullivan Xiao Guodong v Hossein Vafaei 14:00 Jimmy Robertson v Mark Williams Neil Robertson v John Astley Li Hang v Jordan Brown 19:00 Michael White v Barry Hawkins Hammah Miah v Mark Selby Trump/Hill v Tom Ford 20:00 Mark Allen v Andy Lee Stephen Maguire v Kyren Wilson David Lilley v David Gilbert Referee drama with White Ronnie O’Sullivan believes the behaviour of referee Ben Williams was “uncalled for” after a spat between the official and Jimmy White. In the fourth frame of White’s second round match against Luca Brecel at the Northern Ireland Open, which he lost 4-0, Williams wrongly called which ball The Whirlwind was going for.