World Open snooker 2024 LIVE – Luca Brecel in early action, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump later

Attacking safety from Luca that opens the pack but leaves one for Oliver; he can manage it and no more. The world champ then misses a thin contact, looking to go up the table and flick a red close to left-middle in off the top rail. He misses but his opponent doesn’t fancy it himself so puts him back in, second time he hits, and he’s away,

We begin with Luca Brecel v Oliver Brown, and after that it’s Ronnie O’Sullivan v Michael White. Not bad, eh?

And welcome to the World Open 2024 – day two!

World No. 3 Mark Allen crashed out of the World Open in China after a scrappy 5-3 defeat to Daniel Wells.

Allen was made to pay for a sluggish start in a slow-paced encounter as Wells ground out victory.

Elsewhere in the main draw, Kyren Wilson progressed with a 5-4 win over David Grace that he topped off with a 122 break, while Barry Hawkins beat Jenson Kendrick 5-2.

Monday’s action also saw plenty of qualifying matches, with home favourite Ding Junhui outlasting Zak Surety to reach the last 64, but there was a moment to remember for the Englishman after he produced a career-first 147 break.

Top seed Judd Trump and world champion Luca Brecel were also among the winners.