World Snooker Championship 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Action on NOW with Allen on brink of EXIT, Higgins in TENSE battle

Good morning snooker fans!

A dramatic, late night last night as Midnight Selby was involved again – only this time on the end of a Crucible shock.

The pre-tournament second favourite was dumped out by good pal and fellow Leicester man, Ben Woollaston as the match ticked into this morning.

Another massive first round shock meaning four seeds are already OUT with the last-16 action yet to really get going.

Some big games to come today and the big names still to come over the weekend. What a week it has been already!

Today’s fixtures

Here’s what we have to look forward to today as the Crucible ticks on and the last-16 can fully get underway.

10am

  • Chris Wakelin 6-2 Mark Allen
  • Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams

2.30pm

  • Lei Peifan vs Zhao Xintong
  • John Higgins 4-4 Xiao Guodoing

7pm

  • Chris Wakelin vs Mark Allen – last session
  • Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams – second session

Outright odds

With Mark Selby’s exit, Ronnie O’Sullivan’s odds have been slashed again and he’s now second favourite behind world number one, Judd Trump!

Outright odds

  • Judd Trump 11/4
  • Ronnie O’Sullivan 11/4
  • Zhao Xintong 4/1
  • John Higgins 10/1
  • Shaun Murphy 14/1
  • Mark Allen 16/1
  • Si Jiahui 16/1
  • 18/1 bar

Full second round draw

Here’s how the draw has shaped up then after Ben Woollaston completed the line-up.

And doing so after many of the last-16 matches have already started!

  • Lei Peifan vs Zhao Xintong
  • Chris Wakelin vs Mark Allen (6-2)
  • Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams
  • John Higgins vs Xiao Guodong (4-4)
  • Si Jiahui vs Mark Selby/Ben Woollaston
  • Luca Brecel/Ryan Day v Ding Junhui
  • Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Pang Junxu
  • Shaun Murphy vs Judd Trump

Selby sickener

A gutted Mark Selby told the BBC: “It was tough out there from start to finish.

“I didn’t play anywhere near as good as I can play and probably didn’t deserve to win at all throughout the match.

“I played poorly and Ben played well. His safety was second to none.

“I just felt like I threw too many frames away.

“I probably threw five or six away in the end. It’s just disappointing, I didn’t expect to come and play like that.”

Woollaston joy

Speaking to BBC after his heroic first victory at the World Championships, Ben Woollaston said: “I’m just in shock really, I never thought this day would ever come, winning a match at The Crucible.

“To do it against Mark, who after Ronnie is the King of the Crucible, it’s an amazing moment for me.

“I don’t know if it made it harder us playing against each other.

“He started the match with a century and I thought: Oh here we go.

“I was surprised he broke down a few times. I think I was just a little more positive knowing he wasn’t quite at his best.”

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