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Match Schedule Confirmed For Fabulous Opening Day In Brentwood

Local favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan, new World Champion Luca Brecel and defending champion Mark Selby are among an array of star names in the line-up for the first day of the BetVictor English Open at the Brentwood Centre next month, with the schedule now confirmed.

The world ranking event will run from October 2nd to 8th and will be staged at the Brentwood Centre in Essex for the second consecutive year. Matches on the opening day, Monday October 2nd, will include:

10am
Mark Allen v Mostafa Dorgham
Ding Junhui v Ma Hailong
Ryan Day v Ashley Hugill
Robert Milkins v Robbie Williams

Not before 1pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Andrew Pagett
John Higgins v Marco Fu
Ryan Davies v Bradley Cowdroy (English amateur wild cards)
Jack Lisowski v Matthew Stevens

Roll-on Roll-off
Mark Selby v Xing Zhao
Neil Robertson v Sanderson Lam
Ali Carter v Jamie Clarke

7pm
Luca Brecel v Stan Moody
Shaun Murphy v Liu Hongyu
Mark Williams v Ian Burns

Not before 8.00 pm
Judd Trump v Sean O’Sullivan
Kyren Wilson v Oliver Lines
Barry Hawkins v Anthony Hamilton

Tickets are ON SALE NOW, starting at just £11. An all-day ticket for the opening day is just £20, sensational value for the chance to see the all-time greats! For details CLICK HERE.

Ahead of the final stages, the qualifying round runs from September 6-8 in Leicester. Notable matches in the qualifying round include Stephen Hendry v Fergal O’Brien, Jimmy White v Joe O’Connor, Gary Wilson v Pang Junxu, Ricky Walden v Jordan Brown, Ken Doherty v Jackson Page and Si Jiahui v Alexander Ursenbacher.

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CLICK HERE FOR THE QUALIFYING FORMAT

Televised by Eurosport, discovery+ and a range of other global broadcasters, the event is part of the BetVictor Home Nations Series.

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