“Ronnie Ou0027Sullivan will not feature at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast after pulling out on medical grounds. He joins Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Ali Carter as the big-name absentees to miss this week’s event, with Mark Allen primed for a third consecutive title and a hat-trick on home soil. O’Sullivan has been replaced by Rory McLeod.”