Hawkins defeats eight-time UK champion O'Sullivan
Eight-time UK champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is eliminated out on the opening day of the 2024 event, losing 6-4 against world number 20..
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Barry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, the quarter-finals of the 2004 British Open and the semi-finals of the 2005 Welsh Open. He has now spent twelve successive seasons ranked inside the top 32. Hawkins reached his first ranking final and won his first ranking title at the 2012 Australian Goldfields Open.
Eight-time UK champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is eliminated out on the opening day of the 2024 event, losing 6-4 against world number 20..