The top 16 seeds had little trouble in negotiating their held over round-of-128 fixtures as the venue stages of the 2025 British Open commenced on Monday.
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Snooker rankings: update after Mark Allen’s victory in the 2025 English Open
The latest snooker rankings update follows the conclusion of the English Open, the 2025/26 season’s fourth ranking event.
2025 British Open: who’s playing at the FA Cup-style snooker event?
The English Open is just a few hours old, but it’s straight onto the next ranking event with the 2025 British Open beginning on Monday in Cheltenham.
Exhausted English Open champion Mark Allen ‘happy to win ugly’
Mark Allen emerged as the 2025 English Open champion with a gruelling 9-8 defeat of Zhou Yuelong in Brentwood.
Mark Allen and Zhou Yuelong will contest the 2025 English Open final
Mark Allen and Zhou Yuelong reached the 2025 English Open final with hard-fought semi-final victories on Saturday in Brentwood.
English Open: who are in the semi-finals and what time are they playing?
Both semi-finals at the 2025 English Open will pit proven ranking winners and former world number ones against wannabe champions.
How the quarter-finals look in the 2025 English Open draw
There are eight contenders left in the draw vying for glory with the 2025 English Open at the quarter-finals stage in Brentwood.
Ali Carter scores snooker season’s 10th 147 break in defeat
Ali Carter became the latest player to make a maximum break, compiling the 147 during his 4-3 loss to Aaron Hill in the English Open on Wednesday.
Ton-happy Zhao Xintong reaches the last 32 in Brentwood
Zhao Xintong produced close to his best standard as he thumped Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-0 to reach the last 32 of the English Open on Tuesday.
Superb Shaun Murphy wins after a ‘performance that you dream of’
Shaun Murphy reached the last 32 of the 2025 English Open after producing an incredible display on Monday to thump Zak Surety.