European Masters 2023 LIVE – Luca Brecel, Mark Selby and Mark Williams in last-32 action
Welcome back to Germany
Should be a fascinating few hours ahead as the last-32 stage concludes this afternoon. It is a 2:30pm start with world champion Luca Brecel taking to the table against Robbie Williams chasing another win as he closes on the world No. 1 spot. If he reaches the semi-finals here, Brecel would replace Ronnie O’Sullivan at the top of the rankings.
Elsewhere, Mark Selby meets Anthony Hamilton, Mark Williams confronts Jimmy Robertson and last year’s finalist Barry Hawkins takes on Zak Surety. The results this morning saw Judd Trump hit back from 4-0 behind in a stunning 5-4 victory against Shoot Out winner Chris Wakelin. He meets Ben Woollaston for a quarter-final spot this evening.
Thursday afternoon order of play
- Andy Hicks v Lyu Haotian
- Ben Mertens v David Gilbert
- Xiao Guodong v Ashley Hugill
- Anthony Hamilton v Mark Selby
- Mark J Williams v Jimmy Robertson
- Barry Hawkins v Zak Surety
- Robbie Williams v Luca Brecel
Thursday morning results (last 32)
- Ben Woollaston 5-4 Tom Ford
- Ricky Walden 5-4 Michael White
- Judd Trump 5-4 Chris Wakelin
- Noppon Saengkham 5-2 Wu Yize
- Kyren Wilson 5-0 Si Jiahui
- Ashley Carty 5-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- Shaun Murphy 5-0 Ross Muir
Trump triumphs, Brecel battles through but Bingham falls on eventful day two
Day two of the European Masters saw Shaun Murphy, Judd Trump and Luca Brecel move through to the last 32 in Nuremberg. The biggest shock of the day came in the shape of former world champion Stuart Bingham falling at the hands of Xiao Guodong in a 5-3 defeat, while the likes of Mark Selby, David Gilbert and Kyren Wilson also progressed into the next round.
Shaun Murphy recovered well from falling 2-1 behind against Daniel Wells, reeling off four frames in a row to book his spot in the last 32 with a 5-2 win. Scotsman Ross Muir awaits in the next round.
Judd Trump made it back-to-back 5-0 victories, dispatching Jordan Brown just as he did to Mohamed Ibrahim in his opening match. This sets up a tie against 28th seed Chris Wakelin in the round of 32.
World number two Luca Brecel faced a less straightforward progression against Ishpreet Singh. Despite the Belgian taking a comfortable 4-1 lead, Singh cut the deficit to a single frame as he threatened a comeback.
Brecel however completed a 5-3 victory with a match-clinching break in the eighth frame.
Both Mark Selby and David Gilbert breezed past Adam Duffy and Reanne Evans respectively with 5-1 wins.
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