Gary Wilson will face close friend Elliot Slessor in the opening round when he begins the defence of his BetVictor Scottish Open title in Edinburgh in December.
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Wilson beat Slessor 10-8 when they met at the Crucible in April
Wilson won his first ranking title in Edinburgh last year when he beat Joe O’Connor in the final. The Wallsend cueman will be up against practice partner Slessor in a Tyneside tussle in the first round this time.
World Champion Luca Brecel has been drawn against Ukranian ace Iulian Boiko, while world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan will face Glaswegian tour rookie Liam Graham. Scotland’s all-time legend John Higgins will meet Oliver Brown. Matches involving the top 16 seeds and the two Scottish wild cards will all be played in Edinburgh. Those matches are:
Gary Wilson v Elliot Slessor
Hossein Vafaei v Daniel Wells
Mark Williams v Sam Craigie
Kyren Wilson v Mostafa Dorgham
Mark Allen v Jamie Jones
Jimmy Robertson v Amaan Iqbal (wild card)
Robert Milkins v Mark Davis
Jack Lisowski v Mohamed Ibrahim
Judd Trump v Sydney Wilson
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Liam Graham
Barry Hawkins v Pang Junxu
Ishpreet Singh Chadha v Jack Borwick (wild card)
Ali Carter v Long Zehuang
Mark Selby v Sean O’Sullivan
Shaun Murphy v Liu Hongyu
John Higgins v Oliver Brown
Ding Junhui v David Grace
Luca Brecel v Julian Boiko
All other first round ties will take place at the qualifying round in Leicester from October 30 to November 2, with winners going through to Edinburgh. Notable matches in the qualifiers include:
Perth’s Scott Donaldson v Ashley Hugill
Marco Fu v Jimmy White
Ken Doherty v Aaron Hill
Baipat Siripaporn v Julien Leclercq
Glasgow’s Anthony McGill v Ryan Thomerson
Televised by a range of global broadcasters including Eurosport and discovery+, the BetVictor Scottish Open will be the third of four events in the 2023/24 BetVictor Home Nations Series. Full details of the format for the final stages will be announced soon.
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