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๐Ÿ“ฐ REPORT: Our look at John Higgins' title victory at the World Open ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ† ๐—›๐—œ๐—š๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐— ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ข๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—”๐—š๐—”๐—œ๐—ก John Higgins ends a four-year wait for a ranking event title after defeating Joe O'Connor 10-6 in the final to win the 2025 World Open. It is Higgins' 32nd ranking event trophy, and he collects ยฃ175,000. #WeLoveSnooker

Ronnie O'Sullivan has withdrawn from next week's World Grand Prix in Hong Kong due to medical reasons. It means the next tournament O'Sullivan is eligible to play in is the World Championship in April. #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ“‹ PREVIEW: All the essential information you need as we preview Saturday's 2025 World Open final between Joe O'Connor and John Higgins ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

๐—ข'๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ Joe O'Connor will appear in his second ranking event final after dispatching Ali Carter 6-3 in the second semi-final at the 2025 World Open. On Saturday, it's O'Connor v John Higgins for the title and ยฃ175,000 top prize. ๐Ÿ“ทGeorge Wood/Getty Images #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ“‹ REPORT: Our review of a ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ semi-final win for John Higgins at the World Open. It is exactly four years to the day since his last ranking event triumph... #WeLoveSnooker

๐—›๐—œ๐—š๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ What a dramatic finish to the first semi-final of the 2025 World Open in Yushan! From 5-3 down, John Higgins wins the final three frames to deny world number 89 Zak Surety and secure a 6-5 victory to reach Saturday's final. #WeLoveSnooker

For fans in the UK, today is the final day of access to Eurosport. On Friday, the only TV broadcaster showing the ongoing World Open in the UK is TNT Sports. Eurosport will remain for the rest of Europe. #WeLoveSnooker

๐—ข'๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ - ๐—ข๐—› ๐— ๐—ฌ! What a performance from Joe O'Connor who made breaks of 135, 100 and 132 in a 5-1 victory over Shaun Murphy to reach the semi-finals of the World Open in Yushan! ๐Ÿ“ท: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ“‹ PREVIEW: We look at what Thursday's quarter-finals offer at the World Open ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

It's turning out to be a fantastic run for world number 89 Zak Surety at the World Open. Surety - who made a 147 here last year - is through to his first professional event quarter-final, and he has over doubled his previous best career payday (guaranteed at least ยฃ22,000). #WeLoveSnooker

World Champion Kyren Wilson joins world number one Judd Trump through the exit door at the 2025 World Open! Having battled back from 4-0 down to force a decider, Wilson was eventually eliminated by Zhou Yuelong, 5-4. Zhou faces John Higgins in the last 16 on Wednesday. #WeLoveSnooker

SHAUN MURPHY'S WEEK SO FAR... โœ… Monday, 5-0 win v Zhou Jinhao Made breaks of 127, 119, 147 โœ… Tuesday, 5-0 win v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Made breaks of 83, 94, 94, 85, 138 Safe to say, 'The Magician' is in pretty good form! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ #snooker | #WorldOpen

๐——๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐— ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง! A very cool performance from Joe O'Connor who defeats world number one Judd Trump 5-2 to reach the last 16 of the 2025 World Open. Trump's 16-match winning streak in the event is over. ๐Ÿ“ท: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker | #WorldOpen

โœ… 1: Judd Trump โœ… 2: Kyren Wilson โœ… 8: Shaun Murphy โœ… 9: Ding Junhui โœ… 11: Barry Hawkins โœ… 13: John Higgins โœ… 14: Ali Carter Only seven of the world's current top 16 are through to the last 32 of the ongoing 2025 World Open in Yushan. #WeLoveSnooker | #WorldOpen

3๏ธโƒฃ more century breaks for defending World Open champion Judd Trump as he moves to the last 32 in Yushan. His century break count for the season is now 79 - will he make 100 100s and claim the ยฃ100,000 bonus prize on offer? Link to the full story in the comments below. #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ”ด World Grand Prix snooker โ›ณ LIV golf ๐Ÿ‰ Hong Kong Sevens rugby Snooker will play a starring role in the 'Hong Kong Super March' programme. Full story via the link below ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

What an incredible comeback from Duane Jones in the last 64 of the World Open! Jones recovered from 4-0 down - and by 53 points in the decider - by winning five consecutive frames to stun world number 16 Xiao Guodong with a 5-4 victory on the final black. ๐Ÿ“ท: WST #WeLoveSnooker

World Champion Kyren Wilson moves through to the last 32 of the World Open after a 5-1 victory over Lei Peifan. Wilson compiled breaks of 138 and 111 during the tie. #WeLoveSnooker

Shaun Murphy wraps up a 5-0 victory over wildcard Zhou Jinhao at the 2025 World Open with a maximum 147 break! ๐ŸŸก The 10th 147 of Murphy's career ๐ŸŸข The 12th 147 of the 2024/25 snooker season ๐ŸŸค The 214th 147 in professional snooker history Congratulations, Shaun! #WeLoveSnooker

The 2025 World Open continues on Monday in China with the remaining round two (last 64) matches to be played. Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, Ding Junhui, Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen are some of the names in action. #WeLoveSnooker

There were 25 century breaks made on the opening day of the 2025 World Open in Yushan. Looks like we're in store for another week of heavy break building at a Chinese event. #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ“ฐ DAY ONE REPORT: A busy opening day in the Far East as the main venue stages of the 2025 World Open began. We round up Sunday's biggest stories from Yushan here ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—› ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐— ๐—ฃ Reigning and defending World Open champion Judd Trump is through to the last 64 in Yushan after whitewashing Xing Zihao 5-0 along with breaks 100 and 111. #WeLoveSnooker

Matthew Selt is to pay ยฃ21,000 in total for incidents that took place at the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters earlier this season โฌ‡๏ธ

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—— ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—จ Winner of the last two professional events, Mark Selby - despite making a 141 break - is out of the 2025 World Open after losing 5-2 to Liu Hongyu. Liu made two centuries during the tie. #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ“ฐ TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: The main venue stages of the 2025 World Open in Yushan, China begin in just several hours time ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

โ„น๏ธ 2025 World Open tournament information: โ–ช๏ธ Draw/results โ–ช๏ธ Format โ–ช๏ธ Schedule โ–ช๏ธ Prize money โ–ช๏ธ How to watch #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†โ“ Reigning and defending World Open champion Judd Trump is going for a three-peat in the tournament, having won the last two editions held in 2019 and 2024. Trump plays his opening match in Yushan on Sunday. ๐Ÿ“ท: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ“ฐ NEWS: In a video message, Ronnie O'Sullivan has said he will play at the upcoming World Grand Prix in Hong Kong. Does he feel obliged to compete there, or is it an ideal place for his return? We explain and discuss, with the full story via the link below ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ“ฐ SPECIAL FEATURE: It is nearly two decades on from one of professional snooker's most seismic results. We revisit Ding Junhui's 2005 China Open title win and the lasting impact it had on the sport ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Winners of professional events in China this season: ๐Ÿ† Shanghai Masters: Judd Trump ๐Ÿ† Xi'an Grand Prix: Kyren Wilson ๐Ÿ† Wuhan Open: Xiao Guodong ๐Ÿ† International Championship: Ding Junhui ๐Ÿ† World Open: ? #WeLoveSnooker

History to be made next week at the first World Disability Snooker Championship. Held in Thailand, players from five different continents are set for action. Full story here ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

โ“ DID YOU KNOW: All Shaun Murphy's Triple Crown wins have come when Ronnie O'Sullivan was the reigning champion: 2004 WC: O'Sullivan 2005 WC: Murphy 2007 UK: O'Sullivan 2008 UK: Murphy 2014 Masters: O'Sullivan 2015 Masters: Murphy 2024 Masters: O'Sullivan 2025 Masters: Murphy #WeLoveSnooker

โŒ Luca Brecel is out of next week's World Open due to medical reasons. We are not set to see the Belgian again until the Crucible. Information and what it means, here ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

We look ahead to a ๐—›๐—จ๐—š๐—˜ couple of weeks on the World Snooker Tour ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ World Open ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ World Grand Prix #WeLoveSnooker

Anthony Hamilton has confirmed that he will enter Q School should he be relegated from the professional circuit following this year's World Championship. Hamilton turned professional in 1991. ๐Ÿ“ท: World Snooker Tour #snooker

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ "๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ" Wouldn't it be great to see Jimmy White successfully qualify for the World Championship in a few months time? Full story here ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

As per an announcement on the World Snooker Tour website, Ronnie O'Sullivan has withdrawn from next week's World Open in Yushan due to medical reasons. Q School top-up Daniel Womersley will replace O'Sullivan in the draw and faces Stuart Carrington in round one. #WeLoveSnooker

Mark Selby joins Neil Robertson in only needing the Northern Ireland Open title to complete the Home Nations Series full house ๐Ÿ‘‡ #WeLoveSnooker

As it stands, on the provisional 'Race to the Crucible' ranking list, Masters champion Shaun Murphy is outside of the top 16 and would need to qualify for this season's World Championship. Murphy is defending over ยฃ275,000 in prize money in the coming months. #WeLoveSnooker