UK Championship snooker LIVE RESULTS: Latest as Ronnie O'Sullivan eyes £250k (2024)

a minute agoBy Ian Tuckey

Latest scores – Ding in trouble

Ding Junhui hasn't looked the same player since missing a black that would have put him 4-2 up in frames.

Instead, Shaun Murphy levelled at 3-3 and looks the better player in the seventh frame.

But Murphy also fluffed a simple pot - from which Ding snookered him.

And it could prove costly as the Chinese ace tries to come from behind.

• Shaun Murphy -3 Ding Junhui (26-57)
• Barry Hawkins 3-4 David Gilbert

5 minutes agoBy Ian Tuckey

Latest scores – Gilbert in front

Dave Gilbert has moved two frames from possible victory against Barry Hawkins, at 4-3 up.

Meanwhile, Shaun Murphy has built a healthy seventh-frame lead in his tight clash with Ding Junhui.

The Chinese ace is fighting back - but erred badly when he potted a red but failed to get on the blue properly.

So Ding had to settle for a break of 15.

• Shaun Murphy -3 Ding Junhui (20-48)
• Barry Hawkins 3-4 David Gilbert

20 minutes agoBy Dylan Terry

Latest scores - Murphy and Hawkins level

Looks like we could be going the distance in these two as Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins draw level with Ding Junhui and David Gilbert once more.

• Shaun Murphy -3 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 3-3 David Gilbert

44 minutes agoBy Dylan Terry

Latest scores - Hawkins punished for miss

Barry Hawkins had the chance to clear up and take the fifth frame against David Gilbert but missed a routine black.

Gilbert came back to the table and finished things off to move 3-2 ahead.

• Shaun Murphy 2-3 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 2-3 David Gilbert

48 minutes agoBy Dylan Terry

Latest scores - Ding edges ahead

Ding Junhui takes the fifth frame to lead Shaun Murphy 3-2 in their first-to-six clash.

David Gilbert leads Barry Hawkins 52-32 with one red left in their fifth frame.

• Shaun Murphy 2-3 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 2-2 David Gilbert

Today, 14:48By Joshua Hall

Latest scores – all square at the break

It’s all square in both games at the break with two close-run affairs up until this point.

Could we ask for much more?

There’s going to be some intense snooker coming up when the players return to the tables after a short break.

• Shaun Murphy 2-2 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 2-2 David Gilbert

Today, 14:39By Joshua Hall

Latest scores - Hawkins levels

Barry Hawkins has levelled up the scoring to 2-2 with David Gilbert as the match on table two head into a break.

On table one, it's been a much slower pace in this fourth frame with both Ding and Murphy trying to feel out the table.

Ding currently leads 37-9 on the table.

• Shaun Murphy 2-1 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 2-2 David Gilbert

Today, 14:25By Joshua Hall

Latest scores - Gilbert takes the lead

David Gilbert has won his second successive frame to take the lead against Barry Hawkins.

Both players who took the early lead in today's last-16 clashes are now behind.

• Shaun Murphy 2-1 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 1-2 David Gilbert

Today, 14:19By Joshua Hall

Latest scores - Murphy ahead

Despite his close calls on the pink, Murphy has moved into the lead by taking the third frame.

That's the best snooker we've seen from The Magician today.

He'll be happy that he's warming into this matchup.

• Shaun Murphy 2-1 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 1-1 David Gilbert

Today, 14:13By Joshua Hall

It's happened again!

Oh my word! Shaun Murphy will never want to see the colour pink again.

Murphy returned to the table and has seen the pink evade the pocket AGAIN - this time on the opposite middle.

How on earth has that stayed out?

Today, 14:10By Joshua Hall

Latest Scores - How?!

Shaun Murphy will be thinking about that pink in bed tonight.

The Magician has been on the receiving end of some dark magic after his effort to pot the pink bounced out of the pocket.

Table two has an update too with Gilbert levelling the scores against Hawkins.

Shaun Murphy 1-1 Ding Junhui
Barry Hawkins 1-1 David Gilbert

Today, 13:59By Joshua Hall

Latest scores - Murphy breathes sigh of relief

Murphy has done enough to win the frame after two clumsy mistakes.

He hasn't been anywhere near his free-flowing best, missing a few reds that he will be disappointed with too, but Murphy is warming into this matchup.

Over on table two the score remains as it was.

• Shaun Murphy 1-1 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 1-0 David Gilbert

Today, 13:54By Joshua Hall

Latest scores - Murphy reopens the frame

Wow! Murphy looked like he had won this second frame but has given up TWO penalties and the frame is live once again.

The Magician is the master of his own downfall at the moment.

Can he pull it back or will Ding take advantage of his mistakes?

• Shaun Murphy 0-1 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 1-0 David Gilbert

Today, 13:33By Joshua Hall

Latest scores - Hawkins takes the lead

Over on table two and Barry Hawkins has taken the lead over David Gilbert.

We know have scores on both tables.

A reminder that these last-16 ties are best of 11 frames.

• Shaun Murphy 0-1 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 1-0 David Gilbert

Today, 13:26By Joshua Hall

Latest scores - Ding dominates

Junhui Ding has set the standard with a superb break after Shaun Murphy missed a bold attempt at a long red.

Ding takes the early lead over the Englishman thanks to a stunning break of 129!

How about that for a start?

• Shaun Murphy 0-1 Ding Junhui
• Barry Hawkins 0-0 David Gilbert

Today, 13:15By Joshua Hall

We're underway!

So after a short delay, as is often the case with these events, the stars are at the tables and action is underway!

Today, 13:11By Joshua Hall

Ronnie backs Ding

Ronnie O'Sullivan has backed Junhui Ding to get the better of Shaun Murphy.

The Rocket has said that Ding will be "full of confidence" given his record in York.

We're about to find out if Snooker's goat is right...

Today, 13:02By Joshua Hall

Mur to come

Shaun Murphy has said that he feels "like a win is just around the corner" with the star hoping to get back into his winning rhythm.

He's got a tricky task up on table one against three-time UK Champion Junhui Ding.

Things are set to get underway imminently.

Today, 12:56By Joshua Hall

It's almost time

We're edging closer to today's action starting with the players getting their eye in on the practice tables right now.

The crowd will be excited about the prospect of some tasty ties inside the Barbican.

But are the conditions good enough?

Players have slammed the playing conditions as "unplayable".

GOT THE TRUMP Ex-world champs slam 'unplayable' conditions which marred UK Championship tie

Today, 12:38By Joshua Hall

Evening sessions

We're just over 20 minutes away from the afternoon sessions beginning as the last-16 gets underway in York.

But don't forget we have two evening sessions beginning at 7pm tonight too.

Jack Lisowski will take on Ali Carter and Mark Allen faces Yize Wu in the late sessions in North Yorkshire.

Today, 12:29By Joshua Hall

Last round efforts

So we know who's playing this afternoon, but how did they get to the last-16?

Here's a little look at the victories each player had in the round of 32 to secure their spot in this afternoon's sessions - with one star toppling Ronnie O'Sullivan to advance.

• Barry Hawkins 6-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• David Gilbert 6-4 Xiao Guodong
• Shaun Murphy 6-5 Xintong Zhao
• Junhui Ding 6-5 Robert Milkins

Today, 12:15By Joshua Hall

45 minute warning

Action is set to get underway in York in just 45 minutes.

Fans are ready to pack into the Barbican to watch the best players in the world face off.

The action begins with two clashes at 1pm in the best of 11 frames Last 16 ties.

Up first is Barry Hawkins vs David Gilbert and Shaun Murphy vs Ding Junhui.

Today, 12:00By Joshua Hall

Making a meal of it

Mark Williams left a Eurosport presenter stunned by tucking into a Chinese takeaway on a snooker table.

The star enjoyed his tasty meal during the first interval of his clash against Stuart Bingham at the UK Championship.

Williams, 49, was leading 3-1 after an impressive start.

And as pundits were analysing his perfomance, Eurosport coverage panned to the snooker ace unpacking his lunch delivery on one of the practice tables.

He was seen putting a takeaway bag onto a table and tucking into a dumpling.

CHOP CUE-Y Williams has TV pundits in stitches after ordering Chinese takeaway to TABLE

Today, 11:28By Joshua Hall

Robertson's impossible shot

Neil Robertson declared “no chance” before walking away from an impossible shot at the UK Championship.

The incident occurred during his clash against Judd Trump, which Robertson lost 6-3 despite being 3-1 up.

The Aussie was caught with the cue ball trapped directly behind the yellow and the green, which were millimetres away from touching each other.

Robertson ended up being snookered by Judd Trump when the green ended up completely blocking the yellow along the side.

Robertson then made out like he was about to attempt an outrageously impossible shot, which would have seen the white spin around the green and back to hit the yellow.

And he left the audience in stitches as he cheekily declared “no chance” before leaving the shot alone.

SHOT IN THE DARK Snooker star Neil Robertson says 'no chance' after attempting impossible

Today, 11:02By Joshua Hall

Last 16 ties

Today's action kick starts the Last 16 of the UK Championship.

Here's a look at every tie you can expect in the coming days...

• Shaun Murphy (9) vs Ding Junhui (8)
• Barry Hawkins vs David Gilbert
• Jack Lisowski vs Ali Carter (12)
• Wu Yize vs Mark Allen (4)
• Judd Trump (3) vs John Higgins (14)
• Zhang Anda (11) vs Stuart Bingham
• Chris Wakelin (15) vs Kyren Wilson (2)
• Jak Jones vs Michael Holt