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 difficult last-32 contest in opposition to 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 underneath approach on Tuesday in opposition to 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 might be proven stay on the BBC, takes place at York Barbican from 29 November to 7 December and presents 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 subject.

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 in opposition to 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