The Snooker Scottish Open will be held from 6-12 December in Llandudno, North Wales, with a prize money of £70,000 for the tournament's winner and the defending champion as Selby. Players will seamlessly connect to the Scottish Open from the British Championships.
The Scottish Open was launched in 2016 and the winner will receive a trophy named after Hendry. The 2016 champion was Fu Jiajun, the 2017 champion was Robertson, the 2018 champion was Allen, and the 2019 and 2020 champions were Selby.
Before the tournament began, Robertson and Mark Williams announced their retirements. Robertson was out of the game for pulsatile tinnitus and Mark Williams was withdrawn for personal reasons.
Ding Junhui is still a top 16 seeded player in this competition, and the first round is against Zhang Anda, who previously defeated Zhang Anda in the first round of the British Championship. Yan Bingtao faced Suletti in the first round. On December 6, the tournament will be played in a number of matches, with the defending champion Selby facing Maddox at 21:00 Beijing time, while Duan Ding Junhui will play against Zhang Anda. At 17:00 Beijing time, Yan Bingtao played against Suletti and Pang Junxu played against Hawkins.
O'Sullivan will play against dying veteran Dale, who is about to turn 50, after the game in this period of Selby, and on December 5, O'Sullivan celebrated his 46th birthday. Today's match also includes a gender war, with Hong Kong's Wu Anyi against Murphy.
In today's game, Yuan Sijun against Maguire, Allen against O'Donnell, Karen Wilson against Hicks, Bingham against Higgins, Trump against veteran Mirkins, substitute Browning against Hankon, Higgins against returning veteran Borden, Liang Wenbo against Taylor, Zhao Jianbo against Clégie.
On December 7, Xiao Guodong played Dunn Jones and Lei Peifan played Against Robbie Williams.
On December 8, Xu Si played against 52-year-old veteran Dahdi, Wu Yize against Iran's Wafi, Gao Yang against Ryan Dai, and Chang Bingyu against Gilbert.