THE Northern Ireland Open is here – and some huge names are set to compete in the second Home Nations Series event of the season.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is one that will be missing, again due to medical reasons, having not played since the English Open in early September – Long Zehuang gets a bye into the last 32.
Judd Trump will be aiming to retain the Alex Higgins Trophy as the World No1 looks to claim the title in Belfast for a fifth time – he won his opening match on Sunday.
A couple of big scalps have already been taken with Mark Selby losing to Louis Heathcote and David Gilbert lost to Lei Peifan.
- Start time: From 10am BST
- TV channel: Eurosport 1
- Live stream: discovery+
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