Ronnie O'Sullivan to face Ng On Yee in opening match at 2022 Hong Kong Masters snooker, full draw and schedule

Ronnie O'Sullivan will face local icon and three-time women's world champion Ng On Yee in his opening match at the invitational Hong Kong Masters at 7pm (12pm BST) on Friday 7 October. The winner of that quarter-final at the Hong Kong Coliseum will meet Masters holder Neil Robertson or UK champion Zhao Xintong in the last four on Saturday 8 October at 7pm local time. Ad Four-time world champion Mark Selby meets former Scottish Open winner Marco Fu in the tournament opener on Thursday 6 October at 1.30pm (6.30am BST).

SnookerHow the Queen honoured snooker's greatest icons09/09/2022 AT 15:12 The remaining quarter-final is contested between 2019 world finalists Judd Trump and John Higgins. The champion collects a £100,000 winner's cheque with the runner-up earning £45,000. Every player is guaranteed £22,500 for competing.

Robertson won the event the last time it was staged with a 6-3 triumph over O'Sullivan in the 2017 final. O'Sullivan is hoping to be back to full fitness after a long-term arm injury. “I’ve had an injury for my arm for about the last year," he told Eurosport.

«The last two months it’s just got really bad so I really need to rest it. “Hopefully it will get better and I think it’s a time-healing process. One of the big events that I want to play in is in Hong Kong which is in early October.