How to watch Hong Kong Masters snooker 2022, draw, schedule and live stream with Ronnie O’Sullivan returning
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Updated 06/10/2022 at 08:58 GMT
Ronnie O’Sullivan will face local icon and three-time women's world champion Ng On Yee in his opening match at the Hong Kong Masters 2022. The event is returning for the first time since 2017 when O'Sullivan was defeated by Neil Robertson in the final. Here is all you need to know about the Hong Kong Masters, which will feature the game's top five players and other stars.
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The Hong Kong Masters will return for the first time in five years this month, with Ronnie O’Sullivan preparing to face local icon and three-time women's world champion Ng On Yee in his opening match.
The tournament, which hasn’t been staged since 2017, will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum venue over four days, beginning on Thursday, October 6, with eight players competing for the £100,000 first prize.
The non-ranking event is organised by Hong Kong Billiard Sports Control Council and is set to be the first major sports event staged by the Asian city since the pandemic in 2020.
Should O’Sullivan advance, he will meet Masters holder Neil Robertson – who he lost to in the 2017 final - or UK champion Zhao Xintong in the last four on Saturday, October 8.
Four-time world champion Mark Selby meets former Scottish Open winner Marco Fu in the tournament opener on Thursday, October 6.
The remaining quarter-final is contested between 2019 world finalists Judd Trump and John Higgins.
When is the Hong Kong Masters 2022? And where?
The Hong Kong Masters will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum venue from Thursday, October 6 to Sunday, October 9.
The Hong Kong Coliseum is the largest indoor stadium in the city, boasting a capacity of 10,000.
How to watch the Hong Kong Masters 2022
Eurosport have the rights to showcase the Hong Kong Masters in the UK with coverage from 06.30 and 12.00 each day from Thursday, October 6, to Friday, October 9.
You can watch all the action live on Eurosport and discovery+.
Daily reports and news will be published online at eurosport.co.uk.
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Six of snooker's greatest players - as well as the two local favourites - will compete in the Hong Kong Masters.
The world's current top five are all involved: O'Sullivan, Trump, Selby, Robertson and Higgins. The world No.7 Zhao will also feature, as will the aforementioned On Yee.
Fu will be making his return to the WST Tour at the World Championship this year after missing the 2020/21 season due to Covid-19 restrictions.
O'Sullivan is hoping to be back to full fitness after a long-term arm injury.
“I’ve had an injury with my arm for about the last year," he told Eurosport.
"The last two months it’s just got really bad so I really need to rest it. Hopefully it will get better and I think it’s a time-healing process.
"One of the big events that I want to play in is in Hong Kong, which is in early October. I thought I better rest it and try and get it better for that.”
What is the format at Hong Kong Masters 2022?
The quarter-finals on October 6 and 7 will be best-of-nine frames, then the two semi-finals and the final on October 8 and 9 are best-of-11 frames.
What is the Hong Kong Masters 2022 schedule? (UK time)
- Thursday, October 6 - Quarter finals: Mark Selby v Marco Fu – 06:30; Neil Robertson v Zhao Xintong – 12 noon
- Friday, October 7 - Quarter-finals: Judd Trump v John Higgins – 06:30; Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ng On Yee – 12 noon
- Saturday, October 8 - Semi-finals: Selby/Fu v Trump/Higgins – 06:30am; Robertson/Zhao v O'Sullivan/Ng – 12 noon
- Sunday, October 9 – Exhibition match – 06.00; Final – 12 noon
Quarter-final draw
- Mark Selby v Marco Fu
- Neil Robertson v Zhao Xingtong
- Judd Trump v John Higgins
- Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ng On Yee
Schedule
Thursday October 6
6:30 (UK time)
- Mark Selby v Marco Fu
12:00
- Judd Trump v John Higgins
Friday October 7
6:30
- Neil Robertson v Zhao Xingtong
12:00
- Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ng On Yee
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