Gibraltar Open Snooker 2021: Wins for Mark Williams and Jimmy White ahead of Stephen Hendry’s return

Updated 02/03/2021 at 23:17 GMT

Mark Williams, Jimmy White, Kyren Wilson and Mark Selby secured victories at the Gibraltar Open on Tuesday, while seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry it set to make his much-anticipated comeback to the World Snooker Tour this evening. Watch Hendry's return live on Eurosport, eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.

Mark Williams

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Mark Williams progressed to the second round of the Gibraltar Open with a 4-1 victory over Li Hang on Tuesday.

The three-time world champion, seeded 12th, was level at 1-1 before winning three games on the spin – including breaks of 72 and 86 – to advance.

Williams will face Soheil Vahedi in the next round after the Iranian beat Michael White 4-2.

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Elsewhere, Jimmy White sealed a stunning comeback to win his opening-round match 4-3 against Joe O’Connor.

White trailed 3-0 as a break of 51 helped O’Connor move within a frame of the second round.

But 58-year-old White bounced back in style, sinking breaks of 75, 74 and 54 before winning with a final-frame 90.

Meanwhile, breaks of 73, 70 and 54 helped 10th seed Jack Lisowski beat Farakh Ajaib 4-1.

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Kyren Wilson finished with two century breaks of 115 and 109 as he won 4-2 against Kuldesh Johal.

Mark Selby also made two centuries - a 142 and 137 - as he secured a 4-1 win over Sam Craigie.

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This evening, seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry will make his comeback to the World Snooker Tour after a nine-year absence with a match against his friend Matthew Selt.

Watch Hendry's return live on Eurosport, eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.

Tuesday’s Gibraltar Open schedule and results

9am

Steven Hallworth 2-4 Jamie Jones
ChenZifan 4-1 Daniel Womersley
Ian Burns 1-4 Leon Fernandez
JackLisowski 4-1 Farakh Ajaib

11.30am

MarkWilliams 4-1 Li Hang
JimmyWhite 4-3 Joe O’Connor
Chang Bingyu 4-3 Eden Sharav
Nigel Bond 3-4 ChrisWakelin

2pm

Kyren Wilson 4-2 Kuldesh Johal
Andrew Higginson 4-3 Lu Haotian
Stuart Carrington 4-0 Gao Yang
Zhao Xintong 4-1 Ashley Carty

4.30pm

Ken Doherty 4-3 Matthew Stevens
Mark Selby 4-1 Sam Craigie
Peter Devlin 3-4 Daniel Wells
Elliot Slessor 4-3 Jackson Page

7pm

Matthew Selt 4-1 Stephen Hendry
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Luo Honghao
Martin Gould 4-2 David Grace
Zhao Jianbo 4-0 Noppon Saengkham

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