Stuart Carrington has been forced to withdraw from the English Open after testing positive for coronavirus.
The world no. 49 had been due to play Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the first round of the ranking event, who will receive a bye to the next round.
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World no. 54 Sam Craigie has also had to withdraw from the tournament after coming into contact with Carrington on Sunday.
Craigie had been set to face World Championship semi-finalist Anthony McGill, who will also receive a bye.
Referree Andrew Barklam has also tested positive for Covid-19, and will not take part in the tournament as an official.
All three are to undergo a period of self-isolation. All others players and officials have been tested and have so far received negative results.
English Open prize money
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-finals: £20,000
- Quarter-finals: £10,000
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- High break: £5,000
- Total: £405,000
English Open first round draw
First quarter
- Mark Selby v Fan Zhengyi
- Chang Bingyu v Aaron Hill
- Martin O’Donnell v Ashley Carty
- Jackson Page v Liang Wenbo
- Joe Perry v Riley Parsons
- Lukas Kleckers v Hossein Vafaei
- Ali Carter v Jamie Clarke
- Mitchell Mann v Liam Highfield
- David Grace v Paul S Davison
- Scott Donaldson v Andy Hicks
- Barry Pinches v Andrew Higginson
- Stephen Maguire v Sunny Akani
- Rod Lawler v Farakh Ajaib
- Zhou Yuelong v Chris Wakelin
- David Lilley v Eden Sharav
- Shaun Murphy v Robert Milkins
Second quarter
- Mark Allen v Mark King
- Gerard Greene v Robbie Williams
- Kurt Maflin v Peter Devlin
- Jordan Brown v Lee Walker
- Yan Bingtao v Alan McManus
- Martin Gould v Steven Hallworth
- Anthony McGill v Sam Craigie
- Noppon Saengkham v Oliver Lines
- Lei Peifan v Brandon Sargeant
- Barry Hawkins v Igor Figueiredo
- Soheil Vahedi v Joe O’Connor
- David Gilbert v Rory McLeod
- Daniel Wells v Mark Davis
- Zhao Xintong v Pang Junxu
- Tian Pengfei v Mark Joyce
- Neil Robertson v Lyo Haotian
Third quarter
- Judd Trump v Louis Heathcote
- Amine Amiri v Yuan Sijun
- Michael Holt v Jimmy White
- Zak Surety v Lu Ning
- Mark Williams v Allan Taylor
- Simon Lichtenberg v Anthony Hamilton
- Gary Wilson v Iulian Boiko
- Ricky Walden v Billy Joe Castle
- Nigel Bond v Ashley Hugill
- Graeme Dott v Alex Ursenbacher
- Ben Woollaston v Alex Borg
- Stuart Bingham v Fergal O’Brien
- Xu Si v Ken Doherty
- Matthew Selt v Jamie Wilson
- Gao Yang v Kacper Filipiak
- Kyren Wilson v Dominic Dale
Fourth quarter
- John Higgins v James Cahill
- Fraser Patrick v Connor Benzey
- Jimmy Robertson v Chen Zifan
- Peter Lines v Luo Honghao
- Ding Junhui v Si Jiahui
- Ian Burns v Luca Brecel
- Tom Ford v Xiao Guodong
- Jamie Jones v Duane Jones
- Sean Maddocks v Ben Hancorn
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Stuart Carrington
- Jak Jones v Elliot Slessor
- Jack Lisowski v Li Hang
- Michael White v Zhao Jianbo
- Matthew Stevens v Jamie O’Neill
- Ryan Day v Mark Lloyd
- Ronnie O’Sullivan v Brian Ochoiski
2020 English Open odds
- Judd Trump 10/3
- Ronnie O’Sullivan 10/3
- Mark Selby 13/2
- Neil Robertson 17/2
- Shaun Murphy 12/1
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