Welsh Open 2023 snooker LIVE - Judd Trump kicks off afternoon session, Ronnie O’Sullivan headlines evening

Thursday's bumper schedule Ad 13:00 Welsh OpenMilkins wraps up victory over Selby with stunning break of 1379 HOURS AGO Judd Trump v Daniel Wells Shaun Murphy v Anthony McGill David Lilley v Jack Lisowski Barry Hawkins v Hossein Vafaei 14:00 Cao Yupeng v Luca Brecel Andy Hicks v Mark Allen John Higgins v Sanderson Lam Tian Pengfei v Ali Carter Last 16 19:00 Robbie Williams v Joe O’Connor Pang Junxu v Jak Jones Trump/Wells v Murphy/McGill Lilley/Lisowski v Yuan Sijun 20:00 Robert Milkins v Hawkins/Vafaei Cao/Brecel v Hicks/Allen Higgins/Lam v Tian/Carter Ben Mertens v Ronnie O’Sullivan O’Sullivan reveals he was ready to concede match after yet more tip trouble Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed he was ready to concede his third round match to Rod Lawler after more tip troubles. O’Sullivan was on a break to go 3-0 up on Wednesday night before his tip flew off for a third time this week, having come off twice against Ross Muir, which left him frustrated before he went on to whitewash his opponent.

He told Lawler his “cue was broken” before getting a new tip fitted by tournament director Paul Collier. “I said to him [Lawler] you can have the match at 2-0,” O’Sullivan said in the Eurosport studio.

“I said to Paul Collier there’s no point in me having to keep on coming here, keep putting tips on, I’m happy to give the match to Rod. “I don’t think Rod wanted to play either! I felt for Rod, he’s a good lad.” Read the full story here.