World Grand Prix LIVE – Judd Trump takes on Luca Brecel, Mark Allen faces Jack Lisowski later

Is Judd Trump back?

That seems lie a silly question, given he won the Masters last week. But he didn’t actually play that well until the final session of the final, so I wanted to wait and see how he went this week – and the portents are good. He was superb in seeing off Hossein Vafaei the other night and the confidence seems to be back.

Afternoon all!

And welcome to another day of lovely snooks!

World Grand Prix Day 4 Schedule

Last 16

• 13:00 – Luca Brecel [7] v Judd Trump [10]
• 13:00 – Xiao Guodong [18] v Ryan Day [2]
• 15:00 – Kyren Wilson [3] v Shaun Murphy [14]
• 15:00 – Sam Craigie [22] v Anthony McGill [27]

Quarter-finals

• 19:00 – Mark Allen / Joe O’Connor v Jack Lisowski [8]
• 19:00 – Noppon Saengkham [28] v Mark Williams [13]

World Grand Prix Format

Round 1 runs until the end of Wednesday afternoon, before Round 2 starts on Wednesday evening.

The quarter-finals take place on Thursday night and Friday afternoon, with the first semi-final on Friday night and the second semi-final on Saturday night.

The final is on Sunday across two sessions.

• Round 1: Best-of-seven
• Round 2: Best-of-seven
• Quarter-Finals: Best-of-nine
• Semi-Finals: Best-of-11
• Final: Best-of-19

What is the World Grand Prix?

There’s no let up in the snooker calendar as the World Grand Prix has arrived. The event sees the top 32 players from the one-year ranking list in action and is the first of three tournaments that are part of the Players Series.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is the defending champion after he defeated Neil Robertson 10-8 in an exciting final. This year’s event is back in Cheltenham for the first time in three years.

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