UK Championship snooker 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Judd Trump vs John Higgins TODAY, Kyren Wilson also in action – updates

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On Tuesday Stuart Bingham pulled disconnected a never-before-seen changeable - not that helium wanted to.

In a framework helium had to triumph against Mark Williams Bingham someway managed to cookware the achromatic from his interruption disconnected shirt.

But helium recovered to triumph the framework and the match.

Today's schedule

Judd Trump vs John Higgins - 1pm

Anda Zhang vs Stuart Bingham - 1pm

Jak Jones vs Michael Holt - 7pm

Chris Wakelin vs Kyren Wilson - 7pm

Judd aiming to debar Higg-up

World No 1 Judd Trump facing four-time Crucible king John Higgins grabs the spotlight for today's last-16 clashes.

That 1pm brushwood starts astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic World No 11 Zhang Anda vs 2015 satellite champ Stuart Bingham.

Then astatine 7pm Welshman Jak Jones, the 2014 World Championship runner-up, past takes connected English outsider Michael Holt, ranked 98th connected the planet

An all-English lucifer runs alongside that contention connected the different table.

World No 15 Chris Wakelin does conflict with reigning Crucible king and World No 2 Kyren Wilson.

Barbi trolls get a Rocket

Seven-time satellite champ Ronnie O’Sullivan explained his presumption that players shouldn’t blasted the York Barbican tables astatine the UK Snooker Championships, writes ROB MAUL.

The Rocket said: “Everyone is complaining astir the tables.

“But if you deed the shot well, the shot volition spell precisely wherever you privation it to go.

“If you’re not hitting the shot well, past you’re going to beryllium chasing it around.

“You power the table. The array volition ne'er ever power you.

“The conditions are the conditions for each the players.

“The tables volition play truly bully – they usually bash erstwhile they are refitted.

“I truly deliberation you’ve got to get retired of this array (talk). It’s the aforesaid for some players.”

Don't beryllium a pain, usage your brain

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN has told moaning players to enactment up with immoderate dodgy conditions successful York, saying: Use your snooker encephalon instead, writes ROB MAUL.

The UK Championship has been marred by complaints from apical pros that the tables person been “unplayable” and unpredictable – with Ding Junhui appearing to articulation the critics this day aft losing to Shaun Murphy.Ronnie O’Sullivan has urged different snooker stars to halt complaining astir array conditions astatine the UK Championship

Judd Trump and Neil Robertson were unhappy with the concern they experienced connected array 1 yesterday afternoon.

Later that evening, Stuart Bingham and Mark Williams struggled for bushed and consistency connected the aforesaid cloth.

World Snooker Tour blamed the interaction of Storm Bert, saying that the ample measurement of rainfall and precocious humidity astir the state tin “negatively power the conditions”.

The tables were reclothed astatine the commencement of the Last 16 connected Wednesday – successful fairness, this was a scheduled refit – but the Rocket was not convinced it should beryllium utilized arsenic a morganatic excuse.

Rocket rejected my coaching offer

John Higgins says Ronnie O’Sullivan has rejected his connection to COACH the seven-time satellite champion.

Four-time satellite champ Higgins, 49, and the 48-year-old Rocket, who has lifted the Crucible crown connected 7 occasions, are semipermanent rivals.

But some are possibly astatine a vocation crossroads.

Asked astir coaching O’Sullivan, Higgins replied: “I asked him past nighttime and helium knocked maine back!

“You would emotion to beryllium asked successful a way. He’s an unbelievable champion. 

“I deliberation I’d person the patience to beryllium a coach. I don’t cognize if I’d beryllium a manager oregon a mentor. 

“Who knows what the aboriginal holds successful this crippled for a batch of us. I’m rather blessed dodging astir similar I americium astatine the moment.

“I’m going retired to China a spot much doing immoderate ambassadorial worldly retired determination which I’m enjoying. Obviously I’m inactive competing arsenic well.”

Shaun of the reddish face

Shaun Murphy revealed helium felt “silly” celebrating his 6-5 triumph implicit Ding Junhui - due to the fact that of immoderate of his misses.

The Englishman was beneath his champion astir of the clip successful an erratic but absorbing contest.

But a interruption of 65 acceptable him up for a final-frame romp, which sparked a amusement of fist-pumping sheer alleviation from the 42-year-old.

Murphy told the BBC: “I felt silly with the solemnisation astatine the extremity but I tried truthful hard. I could not person fixed immoderate more.

“It was similar a endurance instinct kicked successful astatine 5 all.”

Barry 'gutted' to miss mentor's funeral

Barry Hawkins paid tribute to his club-room mentor whose ceremonial helium missed connected Wednesday to play successful the UK Championship, writes ROB MAUL.

The Hawk, 45, knocked retired David Gilbert 6-5 from the last-16 but helium was incapable to accidental goodbye to adjacent pal Les Church, who passed distant aft a agelong illness.

Church worked astatine Jordans Bar successful Rainham, Kent, and was ever reminding Hawkins to hone his talent.

The satellite No 20 – into his 3rd quarter-final successful 20 appearances – said: “It’s strange, this game. There’s idiosyncratic looking down connected me.

“It’s Les’s funeral, bless him. The idiosyncratic who gave maine my array astatine the nine and fto maine play determination for the past 15 years.

“If I wasn’t astatine the club, helium was ever successful my earhole, telling maine to get to the nine and practise. I volition miss those dependable calls. He was a large influence.

“I’m gutted I’m missing the funeral. If I had had a time off, I’d person got the bid home. It’s a shame. He would person wanted maine to enactment present and effort to ace connected and bash good for him.

“I contributed to the charity that they wanted america to donate to. He volition beryllium sadly missed.

“Out determination you’re successful a small bubble, your caput is connected the job. This morning I was a spot disappointed. I’m reasoning of the family.”

'Over the satellite with brainsick win'

Barry Hawkins was “over the moon” to bushed Dave Gilbert 6-5 successful a “crazy” contest”.

Gilbert wasted a gaping greenish that would person clinched the lucifer for him 6-4 and Hawkins told Eurosport: “It’s conscionable crazy, isn’t it."

But helium reckons his chap Englishman indispensable beryllium “kicking himself to lose” – aft immoderate glaring misses successful the last frame.

“Dave had a mates of aureate opportunities to enactment the lucifer away.

“It volition beryllium a pugnacious 1 to instrumentality for him, I think.”

Hawkins besides claims helium wasn’t amazed Gilbert failed to conflict backmost cautiously successful the last frame.

He said: “It was precise hard for him to get snookers.

"I deliberation he’d conscionable had capable by then. He knew he’d had his chances and helium threw them away.

“Knowing Dave, helium astir apt thought ‘I don’t merit to triumph anyway’.”

Trump vs Higgins heads Thursday's action

World No 1 Judd Trump facing four-time Crucible king John Higgins grabs the spotlight for Thursday's last-16 matches.

That 1pm clash starts astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic World No 11 Zhang Anda vs 2015 satellite champ Stuart Bingham.

Then astatine 7pm Welshman Jak Jones, the 2014 World Championship runner-up, past takes connected English outsider Michael Holt, ranked 98th connected the planet

An all-English lucifer runs alongside that contention connected the different table.

World No 15 Chris Wakelin does conflict with reigning Crucible king and World No 2 Kyren Wilson.

Latest people – Allen wins!

Mark Allen, instrumentality a bow!

The World No 3 reeled disconnected 4 superb frames successful a enactment to clinch triumph successful a lucifer of unthinkable quality.

His 80 interruption to clinch the tenth framework 80-5 summed up his flawless all-round play aft helium trailed 4-2 successful the match.

That shortage was down to Yize's ain purple spot of 4 consecutive frames.

But from that constituent Allen rallied to springiness the 21-year-old hardly a sniff.

The Northern Irishman ended with a foul - but with Yize truthful acold behind, the Chinese prodigy conceded.

• Mark Allen 6-4 Wu Yize

Latest people – could Allen decorativeness lucifer with this break?

Allen is crafting this interruption truthful cautiously and expertly.

A steadfast achromatic took him to a 50 break.

And each the remaining reds look inviting.

• Mark Allen 5-4 Wu Yize (59-1)

Latest people – Allen gathering neatly

There aren't galore gaps successful the assemblage astatine York for this enthralling lucifer - with spectators staying enactment contempt the precocious hour.

A clever bluish enactment Allen backmost connected the reds, with a important interruption inactive looking possible

• Mark Allen 5-4 Wu Yize (36-1)

Latest people – Allen gathering neatly

Yize is looking connected nervously - with Allen connected people for a utile break.

• Mark Allen 5-4 Wu Yize (24-1)

Latest people – blistery cookware from Mark

Yize enactment Allen successful instant trouble.

But aft taking plentifulness of time, the Northern Ireland prima someway picked retired a reddish that enabled him to buss his his mode backmost to evident safety.

Yize recovered a mode done for a cracking archetypal cookware of the frame.

But helium was near with nary scoring options and went for safety.

Allen past pulled disconnected 1 of the pots of tourney - to springiness himself a flimsy opportunity.

• Mark Allen 5-4 Wu Yize (4-1)

Latest people – Allen moves 1 framework from victory

Allen's singular comeback from 4-2 down has near him successful show of victory.

His clearance of precisely 100 to spell 5-4 up is arsenic bully a interruption arsenic immoderate we've seen successful this match.

Allen took the framework 107-10 to permission him favourite for a thrilling win.

And helium had to amusement an all-round crippled possibly amended than he's shown successful months to retrieve from trailing 4-2 down.

Yize hasn't truly dropped disconnected successful modular - he's conscionable not been fixed overmuch of a accidental successful these past 3 frames.

• Mark Allen 5-4 Wu Yize

Latest people – Allen heading for lead

A meticulous half-ton interruption has near Allen poised to determination 1 framework from victory.

And you tin lone commend his focus.

Now he's eyeing a imaginable period - with Yize needing snookers.

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (48-10)

Latest people – 50 interruption successful sight

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (48-10)

Latest people – Allen looking good

Allen is into the 30s - but having to deliberation cautiously astir each pot.

But astatine slightest determination are nary reds crammed astir the achromatic immoderate more.

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (40-10)

Latest people – Allen edges successful front

Allen is inactive gathering neatly.

But he's moving rather hard for each pot.

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (28-10)

Latest people – Allen edges successful front

Allen bagged different classy red.

But this framework has go a existent trial of lucifer play.

Yize yet clipped the battalion of reds to permission 1 implicit the bottommost country for Allen.

He pocketed it (pictured below) - but the balls are severely placed for immoderate benignant of decent break.

Nonetheless, helium pouched a pinkish adjacent shot to springiness himself fractional a chance

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (7-10)

Latest people – agelong framework to come?

With 4 reds huddled circular the black, this framework could beryllium a trial of endurance.

Both players person been taking plentifulness of clip to measurement up options.

And Allen was forced to instrumentality connected the toughest of agelong reds (pictured below)... which helium pulled off.

He past snookered Yize but the Chinese ace trickled the shot delightfully down the array onto a red.

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (7-10)

Latest people – Wu's aboriginal advantage

Yize swerved an astonishing agelong reddish to get disconnected the people successful this frame.

But helium instantly settled for a precise hard snooker - leaving the cue shot tucked down the brownish for Allen.

He got retired of it - but faced different tricky presumption from which helium near Yize a escaped ball.

The youngster chose an casual greenish - but past had to settee for safety.

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (5-10)

Latest people – ninth framework nailbiter

Allen is doing each his tin to enactment the unit connected Yize aboriginal successful the ninth frame.

But truthful acold the 21-year-old ha dealt good with the information challenge.

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize (5-0)

Latest people – Allen levels match!

Allen's precision interruption of 73 means this absorbing, high-class lucifer is each square.

They've gone for a well-deserved interval now.

Allen cleared to the pinkish from 41-0 down.

So aft starring 2-0 past trailing 4-2 he's genuinely showed wherefore he's ranked 3rd successful the world.

• Mark Allen 4-4 Wu Yize