Ronnie O'Sullivan heads to Hong Kong as world No. 1, Mark Allen back inside snooker top 10

04.10.2022 - 15:39 eurosport.com

Ronnie O'Sullivan will touch down at the invitational Hong Kong Masters this week as the world No. 1 despite suffering a shock exit in the opening round of last week's British Open.

The world champion retained top spot in the rankings after Judd Trump lost 4-3 to Mark Allen in the last 16. Trump needed to carry off the £100,000 top prize to usurp O'Sullivan, who was ousted 4-1 by Alexander Ursenbacher.

Ad Allen has moved back inside the world's top 10 despite his 10-7 defeat to Ryan Day in the final. SnookerWho won Eurosport's greatest shot vote from the 2021/22 season?YESTERDAY AT 12:37 Day moves up from 27th to 16th position after claiming the final four frames from 7-6 behind to lift the Clive Everton Trophy on Sunday.

Neil Robertson – who won the last Hong Kong Masters with a 6-3 final win against O'Sullivan in 2017 – is up to third in the world despite missing the season's first three ranking events with Mark Selby back down to fourth place after his 5-3 loss to Allen in the last eight of the British Open.

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Mark Allen is through to the final of the Northern Ireland Open after a comprehensive 6-2 victory over tournament favourite Neil Robertson.

'I was having breakfast in a Wetherspoons' - Mark Williams opens up on 11-hour day trip to Hong Kong Masters

Mark Williams has expanded on his whirlwind trip to Asia for the Hong Kong Masters, saying he was in the city for 11 hours. The Hong Kong Masters was the return of international snooker in Asia following the Covid-19 pandemic, but the schedule was thrown into turmoil when Zhao Xintong was forced to withdraw due to a positive coronavirus test. Ad Williams was summoned from South Wales, and revealed he was blissfully unaware of the situation until receiving a phone call the day before the event was due to take place.

Home favourite Mark Allen safely through

Defending champion and home favourite Mark Allen coasted past Chen Zifan into the third round of the Northern Ireland Open.

Mark Allen races to impressive victory over Chen Zifan in second round of Northern Ireland Open

Mark Allen raced to victory as he whitewashed Chen Zifan 4-0 in the second round of the Northern Ireland Open to continue the defence of his title Immediately, Allen knocked in a superb long red on his way to making a century, before he doubled his lead with a break of 85, after Chen failed to capitalise on a missed red from his opponent. Ad Chen potted a long red of his own in the third, but was forced to play another red from distance which he missed, leaving Allen to make another big break of 92. Northern Ireland Open‘Look at that for a shot!’ – Allen downs ‘fantastic’ potAN HOUR AGO In the next frame, Chen was in first again, but left himself low on the black.

Mark Allen backed to win World Championship in future by expert - ‘I honestly believe he’s got it in him’

Mark Allen has been backed to win the World Snooker Championship one day by Eurosport’s David Hendon. Allen put on a classy performance to beat Chang Bingyu 4-1 in his first defence of the Northern Ireland Open on Sunday night, picking up where he left off after reaching the final of the British Open earlier this month. Ad Having lost five stone in four months, Allen – who is a former Crucible semi-finalist — is looking fresh for the new season, and Hendon believes this could be a turning point in his career.

Ronnie O’Sullivan: ‘I’ve developed my own belief system based on the snooker gods’

Ronnie O’Sullivan says that he ‘genuinely believe there’s a snooker god out there’ and he is being looked after by the higher power of the baize.