RONNIE O’SULLIVAN’S Xi’an Grand Prix dream has been shattered thanks to World No 1 Kyren Wilson.
China hosts the second-ranking event of the snooker season with a huge prize pot available for players at the Chinese competition.
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But O’Sullivan’s semi-final defeat to Wilson means that he will not be taking home the winning prize.
XI’AN GRAND PRIX LIVE – LATEST UPDATES
Here’s everything you need to know.
When is the Xi’an Grand Prix 2024?
Qualifiers took place in Leicester from July 25 to 27, while the action proper for the inaugural Xi’an Grand Prix started on Monday, August 19.
The final will be held at the Qujiang E-sports Centre on Sunday, August 25.
Early round matches have an early session at 7am BST and a later session starting at 12.30pm BST – the later rounds will only have matches in the later session.
Matches are best of nine frames until the semi-final stage, when they move to a best of 11.
The final will then jump up to be best of 19.
What TV channel is the Xi’an Masters 2024 being shown and can it be streamed?
Unfortunately, there was no British TV broadcaster named for the tournament.
So to catch the action, snooker fans will have to follow Matchroom Sport.
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The body usually shows select matches on YouTube – like they have been with the US Open Pool – and provides updates and news on their social media channels and website.
SunSport will cover the tournament and will blog the last-16, quarters, semis and final.
Xi’an Masters 2024 Schedule
Monday, August 19
Held-over qualifying matches
Last-64 matches
Tuesday, August 20
Last 64
Wednesday, August 21
Last 32
- Sunny Akani 3-5 Jimmy Robertson
- Chris Wakelin 2-5 Mark Williams
- Si Jiahui 3-5 Gong Chenzhi
- Judd Trump 5-1 Lyu Haotian
- Jak Jones 5-4 Jack Lisowski
- David Gilbert 5-3 Gary Wilson
- Ryan Day 3-5 Barry Hawkins
- Xiao Guodong 2-5 Mark Allen
- Stuart Bingham 4-5 Xu Si
- Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-1 Yuan Sijun
- Matthew Selt 5-2 Hammad Miah
- Pang Junxu 4-5 Mark Selby
- Shaun Murphy 2-5 Dominic Dale
- Daniel Wells 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- Kyren Wilson 5-3 Ricky Walden
Thursday, August 22
Last-16 matches
- Barry Hawkins 5-3 Mark Allen
- Judd Trump 5-1 Jak Jones
- Gong Chenzhi 4-5 Matthew Selt
- Mark Williams 4-5 Xu Si
- David Gilbert 5-4 Mark Selby
- Kyren Wilson 5-4 Jimmy Robertson
- Dominic Dale 1-5 Daniel Wells
- Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-0 Hossein Vafaei
Friday, August 23
Quarter-final matches
- Kyren Wilson 5-1 Xu Si
- Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-4 Matthew Selt
- Judd Trump 5-2 David Gilbert
- Daniel Wells 5-3 Barry Hawkins
Saturday, August 24
Semi-final matches
- Kyren Wilson 6-4 Ronnie O’Sullivan
- Judd Trump vs Daniel Wells (12.30pm BST)
Sunday, August 25
Final
- Kyren Wilson vs TBC (7am BST)
What’s been said?
Ronnie O’Sullivan has been full of praise for Xi’an – but still remains unimpressed with the state of his own game.
The Rocket said: “I have spent a couple of days here in Xi’an before.
.”It has a beautiful atmosphere, you feel as if you’re on a film set. It’s definitely one of my favourite cities.
“I come to China for the food, the culture and the people, if I do well at snooker that’s a bonus.
“It was a brilliant crowd and atmosphere today, this is probably one of the best tournaments of the season now.”
But O’Sullivan added: “My game has been terrible for two years.
“I am looking for a longer-term plan to play the way I want to, I just have to keep showing up and trying my best.”
