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| Venue: Barbican Centre, York Dates: 25 November – 3 December |
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Northern Eire’s Mark Allen will start his title defence on the UK Championship towards Ding Junhui – the participant he beat in final 12 months’s last.
The pair will meet once more within the first spherical of this 12 months’s most important draw at York’s Barbican Centre on Saturday.
Three-time UK champion Ding, 36, needed to qualify on Wednesday having slipped out of the world’s prime 16.
Allen heads into the occasion on a excessive after profitable the Champion of Champions occasion in Bolton on Sunday, beating Judd Trump 10-3 within the last.
Thursday’s UK Championship draw additionally pitted world champion Luca Brecel towards Yuan Sijun on Sunday, whereas world primary Ronnie O’Sullivan will face Anthony McGill on Tuesday.
The ultimate eight qualifiers are being determined in Leicester on Thursday, with Joe O’Connor establishing a conflict towards John Higgins by getting the higher of 2004 champion Stephen Maguire.
Predominant draw
Mark Allen v Ding Junhui, Tom Ford v Noppon Saengkham, Mark Williams v Fan Zhengyi, Kyren Wilson v Jamie Clarke, Mark Selby v Mark Joyce, Barry Hawkins v Ben Woollaston, Jack Lisowski v Jamie Jones, Judd Trump v Pang Junxu/Craig Steadman, Ronnie O’Sullivan v Anthony McGill, Robert Milkins v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, John Higgins v Joe O’Connor, Neil Robertson v Zhou Yuelong/Ian Burns, Shaun Murphy v Hossein Vafaei/Scott Donaldson, Ali Carter v Matthew Selt, Zhang Anda v Elliot Slessor/David Lilley, Luca Brecel v Yuan Sijun
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