Snooker news - Mark Allen begins Scottish Open defence against Andy Hicks
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Updated 09/12/2019 at 13:10 GMT
Mark Allen kicks off his defence of the Scottish Open against Andy Hicks in Glasgow on Monday.
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Allen beat Shaun Murphy 9-7 in last year's thrilling final, and Murphy - seeking his first Home Nations win - faces Daniel Wells in his opener.
Other recent winners Neil Robertson and Marco Fu return as well, facing Ken Doherty and Sam Craigie in the first round respectively
Favourite and world No. 1 Judd Trump is in action against Armine Armiri as he seeks to bounce back from a surprise third round defeat at the UK Championships.
UK Championship finalists Ding Junhui and Stephen Maguire also face quick turnarounds as they go up against Michael White and Jimmy White respectively.
Champion in 1998 and 2000 Ronnie O'Sullivan will of course be among the favourites for the title and he faces Dominic Dale in his first round match.
The likes of Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Barry Hawkins, and home favourite John Higgins will also be hoping to sustain a challenge for the £70,000 top prize.
Coverage starts on Eurosport 1 and the Eurosport Player at 12:45 GMT on Monday.
Outsiders
Plucky 19-year-old Yan Bingtao will want to build on his impressive run to the semi-finals of the UK Championship with a strong performance in Glasgow, while Nigel Bond - who conquered Trump in York to defy expectations and reach the quarter-finals - is a 1000/1 outsider for the title next week.
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Yan Bingtao reacts after his match against John Higgins in the Quater Final of the Betway UK Championship at The Barbican
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Scottish Open Draw
Quarter one
- Mark Allen v Andy Hicks
- Anthony Hamilton v Louis Heathcote
- Anthony McGill v Hammad Miah
- Gerard Greene v Elliot Slessor
- Ali Carter v Fan Zhengyi
- Riley Parsons v Lu Ning
- Gary Wilson v Rod Lawler
- Robbie Williams v Chris Wakelin
- Jak Jones v Mark King
- Tom Ford v Lee Walker
- Chen Feilong v Zhang Jiankang
- Barry Hawkins v John Astley
- Billy Joe Castle v Ashley Carty
- Scott Donaldson v Lei Peifan
- Simon Lichtenberg v Peter Lines
- Kyren Wilson v Hossein Vafaei
Quarter two
- John Higgins v Jamie O'Neill
- Alexander Ursenbacher v Michael Holt
- Lyo Haotian v Andrew Higginson
- Si Jiahui v Brandon Sargeant
- Jack Lisowski v Zhang Anda
- Adam Stefanow v David Grace
- Ryan Day v Thor Chuan Leong
- Jamie Clark v Mike Dunn
- Robert Milkins v Nigel Bond
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Liang Wenbo
- Sam Craigie v Marco Fu
- Stephen Maguire v Jimmy White
- Tian Pengfei v Oliver Lines
- Zhou Yuelong v Peter Ebdon
- Ian Burns v Craig Steadman
- Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty
Quarter three
- Ronnie O'Sullivan v Dominic Dale
- James Cahill v Sunny Akani
- Luca Brecel v Martin Gould
- Kacper Filipiak v Michael Georgiou
- Joe Perry v Michael Collumb
- Kishan Hirani v David Lilley
- Yan Bingtao v Barry Pinches
- Bai Langning v Joe O'Connor
- Jackson Page v Martin O'Donnell
- Jimmy Robertson v Harvey Chandler
- Kurt Maflin v Alex Born
- Stuart Bingham v Matthew Stevens
- Liam Highfield v Jordan Brown
- Matthew Selt v Li Hang
- Alfie Burden v Soheil Vahedi
- Mark Selby v Mark Joyce
Quarter four
- Shaun Murphy v Daniel Wells
- Mark Davis v Sam Baird
- Ricky Walden v Luo Honghao
- Stuart Carrington v Xu Si
- David Gilbert v Eden Sharav
- Fraser Patrick v Chang Bingyu
- Xiao Guodong v Duane Jones
- Andy Lee v Fergal O'Brien
- Chen Zifan v Ben Woollaston
- Graeme Dott v Igor Figueiredo
- Mei Xiwen v Gary Thomson
- Ding Junhui v Michael White
- Alan McManus v Zhao Xintong
- Noppon Saengkham v James Wattana
- Yuan Sijun v Mitchell Mann
- Judd Trump v Armine Amiri
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