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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.
Mark Allen has declared himself bankrupt and opened up about the reasons for his current financial woes. The Northern Irish snooker star concedes he made “some wrong moves” in the past and reflected on a tumultuous period as the money went out as fast as it came in. Ad «I just overspent in every aspect of my life,» he told BBC Sport .
World champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will be among the big names on action on day one aiming to take the Northern Ireland Open crown from Mark Allen when a star-studded line-up takes to the tables in Belfast next month. The top 16 players in the world will feature in a 70-player field at the Waterfront Hall in the Northern Irish capital from October 16 to 23, in the first of the season’s Home Nations Series. Ad Belfast native Allen claimed the Alex Higgins Trophy on home turf last year, defeating John Higgins 9-8 in a close final.
Joe Perry won the final two frames to complete a 4-3 victory against former world finalist Matthew Stevens in Northern Ireland Open qualifying in Wigan. Welsh Open holder Perry made two 56 breaks in the first three frames, but Stevens – runner-up at the Crucible in 2000 and 2005 – moved 3-2 clear courtesy of a 74, 61 and 85 on Saturday at the Robin Park Leisure Centre. Ad With the pressure mounting, Perry – who defeated 9-5 Judd Trump to lift his first major trophy at the Welsh in March – responded strongly as closing efforts of 54 and 56 secured his last-64 spot in Belfast (17-23 October live on Eurosport).
David Gilbert finished with a classy break of 125 to overcome Scottish amateur Ross Muir 4-3 on Friday in securing his place at the Northern Ireland Open. The 2019 World Championship semi-finalist had trailed 2-0 before breaks of 104 and 89 saw him move 3-2 clear at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan.
Jimmy White produced a vintage finish as a closing break of 132 saw him complete a 4-3 win over world No. 68 Yuan Sijun to qualify for the Northern Ireland Open. The former Masters and UK champion led 3-1 boosted by an opening knock of 75 in the first frame, but Yuan fought back to level at 3-3 with an 83 break in the fifth frame forcing the deciding frame in Wigan.
Women's world champion Mink Nutcharut completed a 4-2 qualifying win over Mitchell Mann to reach the last 64 of the Northern Ireland Open on Tuesday. Nutcharut finished with a run of 47 to seal the win in Wigan after world No.
World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan will meet Lukas Kleckers in the first round of the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast on Sunday 16 October. A qualifying round will be staged at Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan later this month (23-28 August), but O'Sullivan and the rest of the world's top 16 will play their opening matches at the city's Waterfront Hall – staging the tournament for a fifth year – LIVE on Eurosport. Ad/> O'Sullivan has faced Germany's world No.