In-form Barry Hawkins scored a 4-1 win over world number eight Kyren Wilson to earn his place in the last 16 of the Cazoo British Open in Cheltenham.
Hawkins won his first ranking silverware in seven years at the recent European Masters and has carried that form over to this week, having already scored a 4-0 win over Stan Moody and a 4-1 defeat of Robert Milkins.
Wilson’s last ranking title came at the 2022 European Masters, where he thrashed Hawkins 9-2 in the final. The roles were reversed this afternoon though. Hawkins crafted breaks of 114, 50 and 93 in the win and now plays China’s He Guoqiang.
Mark Selby eased through to the fourth round with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Si Jiahui. The four-time World Champion compiled runs of 81, 70, 110 during the win and now faces David Gilbert, who defeated India’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-1.
This evening’s last 16 schedule:
7pm
Ding Junhui vs Mark Williams
Ali Carter vs Xiao Guodong
Graeme Dott vs Hossein Vafaei
Tom Ford vs Robbie Williams/Scott Donaldson
(roll-on roll-off)
Barry Hawkins vs He Guoqiang
David Gilbert vs Mark Selby
Jack Lisowski vs Fergal O’Brien
Heilong Ma vs Fan Zhengyi/Rod Lawler
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