European Masters 2022 LIVE - Ronnie O'Sullivan in afternoon action, Judd Trump headlines evening session

Around the tables Ad/> Su Xi 4-5 Pang Junxu European MastersHiggins coasts into last-64 after beating Clarke, Wenbo wins thriller3 HOURS AGO Ian Burns 0-1 Tom Ford Ali Carter 1-0 Sean Mddocks Louis Heathcote 0-0 Martin Gould Mark Selby 0-1 Jordan Brown Ricky Walden 1-0 Matthew Stevens O'Sullivan 1-1 Zhang Down it goes, and do we got ourselves a ball-game? O'Sullivan 1-0 Zhang (52-60) Not yet he isn't, clearing to the green, then getting decent position on the brown, which he sinks. He's nearly on the board. The pink, though is up in baulk and needs cutting deadweight into the yellow pocket....

O'Sullivan 1-0 Zhang (52-22) A cut-back red sets Ronnie off again, but he misses a brown to middle that he didn't really want to attermpt but twhich circumstance persuaded him needed attempting. That gives Zhang a chance, and he'll know that if he can't take it, he's wasting his time here. O'Sullivan 1-0 Zhang (51-16) Ronnie digs in to the pack and has a secrity red in baulk, but he doesn't need it immediately, eventually tidying it away.

But then the msses a middle-distance one to left corner — the angle was nasty, not dead straight but not much of a cut either — so returns to his seat with a useful lead but with the frame still in the balance. Ish. O'Sullivan 1-0 Zhang (9-16) Oh dear, oh dear.

Zhang misses a regulation cut-back to right corner and Ronnie is back at the table administering due pnunishment. O'Sullivan 1-0 Zhang (0-9) Ronnie misses a long red to right corner and leaves it to left; Zhang sends it down and will know that he can't rely on too many of these chances so there's pressure on him to take it. O'Sullivan 1-0 Zhang (16-0) Six minutes, 86 points, and Zhang will be fearing a long, short afternoon.