The World Snooker Tour continues this week with the Gibraltar Open taking place, marking Stephen Hendry’s return to snooker for the first time in nine years although he suffered defeat in the first round. Judd Trump is looking to defend his title and claim his fifth ranking triumph of the 2020-21 season. Neither Ronnie O’Sullivan or John Higgins are playing in the event after contesting the Players Championship final last weekend. Express Sport provides live scores from the tournament, which is taking place in Milton Keynes.
Gibraltar Open LIVE scores
Thursday March 4
Second round (last 64 – best of seven frames)
Zhou Yuelong vs Alexander Ursenbacher David Lilley vs Mitchell Mann Hossein Vafaei vs Allan Taylor Kyren Wilson vs Fan Zhengyi Ricky Walden vs Si Jiahui Chen Zifan vs Leo Fernandez Chang Bingyu vs Chris Wakelin Ken Doherty vs Mark Selby Scott Donaldson vs Joe Perry Matthew Selt vs Barry Hawkins Zhao Xintong vs Daniel Wells Jack Lisowski vs Jak Jones Judd Trump vs Sunny Akani Tom Ford vs Jamie Jones Andrew Higginson vs Stuart Carrington Tian Pengfei vs Anthony Hamilton
Thursday March 4
Second round (last 64 – best of seven frames)
Iulian Boiko/Fergal O’Brien vs Mark Allen/Jamie Curtis-Barrett Brandon Sargeant/Aaron Hill vs Jamie Clarke Shaun Murphy vs Mark King/Luca Brecel Pang Junxu vs Anthony McGill Lei Peifan vs Dylan Emery David Gilbert vs Jimmy Robertson Lu Ning vs Jamie O’Neill Rod Lawler vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Liang Wengbo vs Robert Milkins Mark J Williams vs Sohail Vahedi Oliver Lines vs Fraser Patrick Ben Woollaston vs Allister Carter Jimmy White vs Stuart Bingham Elliot Slessor vs Martin Gould Alan McManus vs Zhao Jianbo Xiao Guodong vs Jamie Wilson
Schedule
Third round (last 32 – best of seven frames)
To be played Friday March 5/Saturday March 6
Fourth round (last 16 – best of seven frames)
To be played Saturday March 6
Quarter-finals (best of seven frames)
To be played Sunday March 7
Semi-finals (best of seven frames)
To be played Sunday March 7
Final (best of seven)
To be played Sunday March 7
Robertson dumped out
World No 3 Neil Robertson crashed out of the first round of the Gibraltar Open on Wednesday to 17-year-old Lei Peifan.
The Australian former world champion suffered a 4-2 loss to his Chinese opponent.
That came just days after Robertson said: “I don’t think the players lower down the rankings are practicing hard enough, especially the younger ones from the UK.
“A lot of tournaments they’re sort of partying, not putting in the hard work, all the time on Instagram checking their followers.
“You can’t be a top sportsman and do all that stuff, you have to put in the hard work.”
Hendry’s return ends in defeat
Stephen Hendry returned to the table for the first time in nine years on Tuesday to face good friend Matthew Selt but was dumped out 4-1.
The seven-time world champion hit a century break however and reflected afterwards: “I was generally quite happy because if you cut out unforced errors, you can do well.
“I thought Matt played fantastic. I can’t remember him missing a ball. It was a tough initiation back into it.
“My game isn’t good enough yet to qualify for the World Championship. I think there is work to be done. I’ve got about a month of practice to get it better.
“My safety has to be tighter and my long game has to be better. It’s not ready yet to qualify for the Crucible.”
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