UK Championship Last 64 Update: Carter OUT, Ronnie threatens to withdraw through injury

Ronnie O’Sullivan threatened to withdraw after the opening round of the UK Championships in York, after playing through the pain in his 6-2 win against Daniel Wells after breaking his ankle on one of his runs during the build-up to the event. Meanwhile, Ali Carter was the only one of the top 16 seeds to be knocked out at the Last 128 stage as he lost to Zhang Anda 6-5. In form Shaun Murphy had to recover from 3-1 down against James Wattana to get into the Last 64 with a 6-3 win. All of the other top seeds made it through without incident, with Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui not dropping a frame. There were notable wins for youngsters James Cahill (who beat Mark King 6-0), Joel Walker (6-1 against Alan McManus) and Liam Highfield (6-3 over Jamie Jones).  

Here’s a look at the first round results in full:

Last 128 Results:

Robert Milkins 6-0 Michael Leslie

Marcus Campbell 6-4 Scott Donaldson
Graeme Dott 6-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Anthony Hamilton 6-5 Craig Steadman
Tom Ford 6-4 Barry Pinches
Joel Walker 6-1 Alan McManus
Stuart Bingham 6-0 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Alfie Burden 6-4 Chris Wakelin
Michael White 6-2 Cao Xin Long
Ken Doherty 6-2 Mitchell Mann
Ricky Walden 6-2 Steve Davis
Robbie Williams 6-4 Sam Baird
Barry Hawkins 6-1 Ashley Carty
Nigel Bond 6-3 Stuart Carrington
Anthony McGill 6-4 Michael Georgiou
Igor Figueiredo 6-4 Fergal O’Brien
John Higgins 6-2 Lee Walker
Jamie Cope 6-2 John Astley
Matthew Stevens 6-2 Allan Taylor
Gerard Greene 6-2 Vinnie Calabrese
Xiao Guodong 6-1 Ian Glover
Matt Selt 6-0 Hammad Miah
Rory McLeod 6-2 Ian Burns
Zhang Anda 6-5 Ali Carter
Ben Woollaston 6-4 Michael Wasley
Tony Drago 6-4 Dominic Dale
Peter Lines 6-4 Joe Swail
Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-2 Daniel Wells
Ding Junhui 6-0 John Sutton
Jimmy White 6-2 Dave Harold
Andrew Higginson 6-3 Tian Pengfei
James Cahill 6-0 Mark King
Joe Perry W/O Liu Chuang
Mike Dunn 6-2 Andrew Pagett
Mark Davis 6-2 Jak Jones
Liam Highfield 6-3 Jamie Jones
Ryan Day 6-1 Lu Chenwei
Fraser Patrick 6-4 Jamie Burnett
Judd Trump W/O Rouzi Maimaiti
Aditya Mehta 6-4 Alex Davies
Rod Lawler 6-5 Alex Borg
Martin Gould 6-4 Lee Page
Luca Brecel 6-1 Noppon Saengkham
Mark Allen 6-2 Eden Sharav
Shaun Murphy 6-3 James Wattana
Robin Hull 6-5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Liang Wenbo 6-3 David Grace
Jack Lisowski 6-1 Chris Melling
Marco Fu 6-4 Ahmed Saif
Lu Haotian 6-4 Cao Yupeng
Dechawat Poomjaeng 6-2 Andrew Norman
Michael Holt 6-1 Zak Surety
Mark Williams 6-1 Steven Hallworth
Jimmy Robertson 6-1 Zhou Yuelong
Stephen Maguire 6-2 Lu Ning
Yu De Lu 6-2 Oliver Lines
Mark Joyce 6-2 Ratchayothin Yotharuck
David Gilbert 6-4 Elliot Slessor
David Morris 6-4 Li Hang
Mark Selby 6-0 Oli Brown
Neil Robertson 6-0 Joe O'Connor
Kyren Wilson 6-5 Gary Wilson
Peter Ebdon 6-5 Ross Muir
Kurt Maflin 6-1 Chris Norbury

Now that we’re into the last 64 it’s time for the TV coverage as the BBC step in for their first event of this season. It has to be said the coverage doesn’t look great from the schedule with the evening sessions only being on the Red Button until semi-finals Saturday. There should still be a few intriguing games for them to cover over the course of the next couple of days in the Last 64 as we get well into the tournament now. We’re free of the morning session for the Last 64 with 8 tables in operation for 1pm and 7pm sessions on both days.

This is some of what we can expect in the UK Championship second round:

Last 64 Draw: (Picks in bold)

Neil Robertson Vs Kyren Wilson
Peter Ebdon Vs Kurt Maflin
Robert Milkins Vs Marcus Campbell
Graeme Dott Vs Anthony Hamilton
Tom Ford Vs Joel Walker
Stuart Bingham Vs Alfie Burden
Michael White Vs Ken Doherty
Ricky Walden Vs Robbie Williams
Barry Hawkins Vs Nigel Bond
Anthony McGill Vs Igor Figueiredo
John Higgins Vs Jamie Cope
Matthew Stevens Vs Gerard Greene
Xiao Guodong Vs Matt Selt
Rory McLeod Vs Zhang Anda
Ben Woollaston Vs Tony Drago
Ronnie O’Sullivan Vs Peter Lines
Ding Junhui Vs Jimmy White
Andrew Higginson Vs James Cahill
Joe Perry Vs Mike Dunn
Mark Davis Vs Liam Highfield
Ryan Day Vs Fraser Patrick
Judd Trump Vs Aditya Mehta
Martin Gould Vs Rod Lawler
Mark Allen Vs Luca Brecel
Shaun Murphy Vs Robin Hull
Liang Wenbo Vs Jack Lisowski
Marco Fu Vs Lu Haotian
Michael Holt Vs Dechawat Poomjaeng
Mark Williams Vs Jimmy Robertson
Stephen Maguire Vs Yu DeLu
Mark Joyce Vs David Gilbert
Mark Selby Vs David Morris

 

It should be a nice weekend of snooker and set things up nicely for a cracking week of snooker ahead as things move on fast with the Last 32 from Monday. I’ll be back early doors on Monday with a quick look ahead to those Last 32 matches.