Allen To Face Ding In Last 32

Mark Allen will begin the defence of his MrQ UK Championship title against Ding Junhui on Saturday in York – a repeat of last year’s final.

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The draw for the last 32 has been made, and top seed Allen was pulled out of the hat against Ding, who has dropped out of the world’s top 16 so had to go through the qualifying rounds.

A year ago, Allen came from 6-1 down to beat Ding 10-7 in the final, and the Northern Irishman will face another tough test against Asia’s greatest ever player when they go head to head in the opening session of the tournament on Saturday at 1pm at the Barbican.

World number one Ronnie O’Sullivan will face Anthony McGill, who beat him 13-12 when they played at the Crucible in 2021. That match is on Tuesday at 1pm. In-form Judd Trump is up against Pang Junxu, while World Champion Luca Brecel will take on Yuan Sijun.

Mark Allen v Ding Junhui. Saturday at 1pm
Tom Ford v Noppon Saengkham. Saturday at 7pm
Mark Williams v Fan Zhengyi. Saturday at 1pm
Kyren Wilson v Jamie Clarke. Saturday at 7pm
Mark Selby v Mark Joyce. Monday at 7pm
Barry Hawkins v Ben Woollaston. Monday at 1pm
Jack Lisowski v Jamie Jones. Monday at 7pm
Judd Trump v Pang Junxu. Monday at 1pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Anthony McGill. Tuesday at 1pm
Robert Milkins v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. Tuesday at 7pm
John Higgins v Joe O’Connor. Tuesday at 1pm
Neil Robertson v Zhou Yuelong. Tuesday at 7pm
Shaun Murphy v Hossein Vafaei. Sunday at 7pm
Ali Carter v Matthew Selt. Sunday at 7pm
Zhang Anda v Elliot Slessor. Sunday at 1pm
Luca Brecel v Yuan Sijun. Sunday at 1pm

The televised stages run from November 25 to December 3.