Ronnie O'Sullivan heads to Hong Kong as world No. 1, Mark Allen back inside snooker top 10

Updated 04/10/2022 at 12:03 GMT

Ronnie O'Sullivan's position at the summit of the world rankings remains intact despite a surprise 4-1 loss to Alexander Ursenbacher in the first round of the British Open last week. Judd Trump needed to win the event to overtake O'Sullivan, but a 4-3 defeat to Mark Allen in the last 16 ended his hopes. Both players compete at the Hong Kong Masters this week.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan will touch down at the invitational Hong Kong Masters this week as the world No. 1 despite suffering a shock exit in the opening round of last week's British Open.

The world champion retained top spot in the rankings after Judd Trump lost 4-3 to Mark Allen in the last 16. Trump needed to carry off the £100,000 top prize to usurp O'Sullivan, who was ousted 4-1 by Alexander Ursenbacher.

Allen has moved back inside the world's top 10 despite his 10-7 defeat to Ryan Day in the final.

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Day moves up from 27th to 16th position after claiming the final four frames from 7-6 behind to lift the Clive Everton Trophy on Sunday.

Neil Robertson – who won the last Hong Kong Masters with a 6-3 final win against O'Sullivan in 2017 – is up to third in the world despite missing the season's first three ranking events with Mark Selby back down to fourth place after his 5-3 loss to Allen in the last eight of the British Open.

O'Sullivan begins his campaign at the Hong Kong Masters live on Eurosport against three-time women's world champion Ng On Yee on Friday afternoon at 12pm BST.

The world's top 16 after the UK Championship (12-20 November) qualify for the Masters at London's Alexandra Palace (8-15 January).

The Northern Ireland Open – the fourth ranking event of the season – is part of the Home Nations Series exclusively on Eurosport with Allen defending the Alex Higgins Trophy later this month (16-23 October).

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World Snooker rankings after British Open

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 1,034,000
2. Judd Trump (Eng) 943,000
3. Neil Robertson (Aus) 861,000
4. Mark Selby (Eng) 828,500
5. John Higgins (Sco) 520,000
6. Kyren Wilson (Eng) 483,000
7. Zhao Xintong (Chn) 450,000
8. Mark Williams (Wal) 446,000
9. Barry Hawkins (Eng) 339,500
10. Mark Allen (NIr) 327,500
11. Luca Brecel (Bel) 326,000
12. Jack Lisowski (Eng) 323,000
13. Shaun Murphy (Eng) 309,000
14. Stuart Bingham (Eng) 303,500
15. Yan Bingtao (Chn) 251,500
16. Ryan Day (Wal) 246,000

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