2024 British Open Snooker: Wednesday 25th September Preview, Matches, Order of Play

The field will continue to be whittled down at pace in Cheltenham with four tables in operation across three sessions at the Centaur Arena.

The feature match of the morning session pitches together former Snooker Shoot Out champion Hossein Vafaei and current International Championship title holder Zhang Anda.

Reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson faces Duane Jones in the afternoon session with a blockbuster contest between John Higgins and Shaun Murphy to follow on the main TV table.

Round three starts in the evening with Mark Selby (v Yuan Sijun) and Neil Robertson (v Rory Thor) set to feature on the main table.

2024 British Open Snooker, Wednesday 25th September match schedule:

10:00BST

• Hossein Vafaei v Zhang Anda (R2)
• Ka Wai Cheung v Oliver Lines (R2)
• Allan Taylor v Lyu Haotian (R2)
• Anton Kazakov v Liam Davies (R2)

13:00BST

• Kyren Wilson v Duane Jones (R2)
• Sunny Akani v Antoni Kowalski (R2)
• Rory Thor v Mark Joyce (R2)
• David Gilbert v Ben Woollaston (R2)

followed by:

• Ricky Walden v Jamie Clarke (R2)
• Hammad Miah v Ben Mertens (R2)
• John Higgins v Shaun Murphy (R2)
• David Grace v Lewis Ullah (R2)

19:00BST

• Jak Jones v Iulian Boiko (R3)
• Mark Selby v Yuan Sijun (R3)
• Zhang Anda v Stan Moody (R3)
• Haris Tahir v Lyu Haotian (R3)

followed by:

• Stuart Bingham v Stephen Maguire (R3)
• Elliot Slessor v Xu Si (R3)
• David Gilbert v Ashley Carty (R3)
• Neil Robertson v Rory Thor (R3)

For full details on the 2024 British Open including the draw, results, prize money, schedule and how to watch, please visit our tournament information centre here.