World Grand Prix snooker LIVE – Ronnie O’Sullivan chases quarter-final spot against Zhou Yuelong, Mark Allen follows

A big crowd inside the Morningside Arena for this one. O’Sullivan has never lost to Zhou in their five previous meetings. Gary Wilson and Tom Ford on the other table this avo. O’Sullivan with a 6-5 win over Zhou in the UK Championship quarter-finals before Christmas. O’Sullivan chasing a spot in a 141st ranking event quarter-final. First man to seven frames wins his one. Quarter-finals is the best of nine.

• 1pm: Tom Ford v Gary Wilson
• 1pm: Zhou Yuelong v Ronnie O’Sullivan
• 2pm: Zhang Anda v Mark Allen
• 2pm: Noppon Saengkham v Ding Junhui

• 7pm: Cao Yupeng v Mark Williams
• 7pm: Judd Trump v Mark Selby

Stephen Hendry has offered his thoughts on the bad-natured bust-up between Essex rivals Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ali Carter at the Masters on Sunday. The duo exchanged verbal barbs after the 50th final of the elite invitational event as O’Sullivan recovered from trailing 6-3 to complete a 10-7 win and secure an eighth Masters title. “There is bad blood there, no doubt about it,” commented Hendry.

The incident happened during the fifth frame of his 4-1 victory.

The Welshman had been set a tough safety to escape from by his opponent, twice missing a thin cut on a red to the left of the pack.

He erroneously hit the pink on the second attempt, and as referee Olivier Marteel was replacing the balls, the 48-year old put the white in his pocket, much to the amusement of the crowd.

The Belgian official was less impressed. “You know that’s a penalty seven,” he said, leaving Williams chuckling in disbelief. “You touched the ball during a consultation period, it’s in the rules.”

“World Snooker say ‘have a bit of fun, try and show your character’ and stuff like that,” a mystified Williams said afterwards.