World primary Judd Trump will tackle Stephen Maguire when he begins his defence of his UK Championship title on Saturday.
Trump is but to choose up any silverware in 2025 and faces a tough last-32 contest towards Maguire, who was the UK champion in 2004 and in addition reached the ultimate in 2007 and 2019.
File eight-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan will get his marketing campaign below manner on Tuesday towards China’s Zhou Yuelong.
‘The Rocket’, who turns 50 on the day of the quarter-finals, has received all seven of his earlier conferences with the world quantity 29, who reached the ultimate of the English Open earlier this season.
The primary Triple Crown occasion of the season, which can be proven stay on the BBC, takes place at York Barbican from 29 November to 7 December and provides a high prize of £250,000.
Present world champion Zhao Xintong will meet Lengthy Zehuang or Louis Heathcote on Monday, whereas Kyren Wilson, who triumphed on the Crucible in 2024, performs Elliot Slessor – the highest-ranked qualifier within the discipline.
Mark Allen performs Scott Donaldson, who produced a exceptional fightback from 5-0 down to defeat Stuart Bingham in qualifying, whereas John Higgins has been drawn towards Ben Woollaston.
In the meantime, Mark Selby will face both Lei Peifan or Jimmy Robertson and Shaun Murphy will meet Lyu Haotian.
UK Championship last-32 draw:
Judd Trump v Stephen Maguire
Si Jiahui v Hossein Vafaei or Ryan Day
Ding Junhui v Tom Ford or Xu Si
Mark Allen v Scott Donaldson
Mark Williams v David Gilbert
Xiao Guodong v Pang Junxu or Noppon Saengkham
Wu Yize v Michael Holt
Neil Robertson v He Guoqiang or Julien Leclercq
Kyren Wilson v Elliot Slessor
Barry Hawkins v David Lilley or Artemijs Zizins
Mark Selby v Lei Peifan or Jimmy Robertson
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Zhou Yuelong
John Higgins v Ben Woollaston
Shaun Murphy v Lyu Haotian
Gary Wilson v Zhang Anda or Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Zhao Xintong v Lengthy Zehuang or Louis Heathcote
