“The world number 22 – who reached the semi-finals when the tournament was held in Milton Keynes last year – had an unhappy return to Belfast, going down 4-2 to the Chinese player, ranked 56. Watch the Northern Ireland Open and the snooker Home Nations series live on Eurosport, eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.”
Carter suffers first round defeat to Haotian
