Scottish Open: O'Sullivan out as Higgins battles through

Gary Wilson led from the beforehand to bushed the satellite fig 1 successful Edinburgh

Ronnie O'Sullivan is retired of the Scottish Open aft a daze third-round nonaccomplishment to Gary Wilson successful Edinburgh.

Wilson, 37, has ne'er been beyond the semi-finals connected circuit and volition conscionable Hossein Vafaei oregon Yan Bingtao next.

"I felt similar I didn't person overmuch to suffer due to the fact that I've been successful that concern rather a bit," Wilson told Eurosport.

"I conscionable tried to enactment arsenic calm arsenic I could, successful the moment."

Mark Selby, champion successful 2019 and 2020, bushed Robert Milkins 4-1, making breaks of 114 and 123 on the way.

Judd Trump and Neil Robertson besides eased done by the aforesaid borderline of victory, against Jamie Clarke and Joe Perry respectively.

In the earlier session, John Higgins had to excavation heavy to debar an upset, winning a last framework decider against China's Cao Yupeng to scope the 3rd round.

A runner-up successful this lawsuit for the 3rd clip past year, Higgins led 2-0 earlier trailing 3-2 to the satellite fig 58.

Higgins, a four-time satellite champion, drew level with a interruption of 70 and a interruption of 55 helped clinch the match.

The Scot adjacent plays Jamie Jones, who rattled disconnected 3 centuries successful a 4-0 triumph implicit Chen Zifan.

UK champion Mark Allen bushed England's Martin Gould 4-2, with 2 period breaks.

The Northern Irishman, aiming for a 3rd successive ranking title, volition look Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh connected Thursday.

In an all-Scottish battle, Anthony McGill prevailed 4-3 against Scott Donaldson.

Stephen Maguire had small occupation successful a 4-1 triumph against Ashley Hugill but determination was section disappointment for Fraser Patrick, who mislaid retired 4-3 to Sam Craigie.