International Championship snooker 2023 LIVE – Ronnie O’Sullivan eyes quarter-finals, Mark Selby and John Higgins out

Ronnie O’Sullivan – Anthony McGill

This is their eighth meeting in a professional ranking event. The Rocket leads 6-1 overall and will be a strong favorite again today.

• John Higgins 3-6 Jordan Brown
• Mark Selby 3-6 Tom Ford
• Ali Carter 6-1 Daniel Wells
• Lyu Haotian 3-6 Zhang Anda

Hello and welcome to our LIVE updates from the 2023 International Championship. The Round of 16 action is underway in Tianjin and we’ve got a belter coming up for you as Ronnie O’Sullivan locks horns with Anthony McGill. The boys will be at the baulk from 11.30 GMT.

Trump has been on a tear over the last month, winning the English Open, Wuhan Open and Northern Ireland Open.

He was looking for a 23rd straight win, but lost out 6-3 to Maguire to suffer his first defeat since losing to Hammad Miah at the British Open in late September.

Ronnie O’Sullivan, meanwhile, reached the last 16 with a battling 6-4 win over Jak Jones.

Jones battled back from 4-2 down to level the scores. Although he appeared to have the momentum, he couldn’t make another opportunity count as O’Sullivan took a scrappy ninth frame to move one away from victory and finished with a flourish as he made a break of 130.