O'Sullivan out of English Open after defeat by He

There are 60 places between Ronnie O'Sullivan and He Guoqiang in the world rankings

Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the English Open after a shock 4-2 first-round defeat by China's He Guoqiang in Brentwood.

He, 24, raced into a 3-0 lead against the seven-time world champion, with breaks of 78 and 77.

Breaks of 56 and 59 brought O'Sullivan back into the contest, but China's He won the sixth frame with a composed 50 break to complete a memorable victory.

He will play Stephen Maguire in the second round after the Scotsman beat Hungary's Bulcsu Revesz 4-0.

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen survived a scare to edge past world number 71 Long Zehuang of China 4-3.

The world number three went 2-0 ahead but then did not pot a ball for three frames as Long turned the match around to lead 3-2.

Allen then had a touch of fortune in sixth frame when he fluked a red that set up a snooker from which Zehuang never recovered.

Having regained the momentum Allen was able to close out the decider to set up a second round meeting with Lyu Haotian, who who beat Dominic Dale 4-2.

There were a number of other shocks including three-time world champion Mark Williams losing 4-1 Ben Woollaston.

World number 10 Gary Wilson lost 4-3 to Ross Muir and world number 14 Tom Ford was beaten 4-2 by China's Jiang Jun

Elsewhere, Barry Hawkins recovered from 2-0 down to beat Jimmy Robertson 4-2, while Neil Robertson eased past Jackson Page 4-1.

Matthew Selt is also through by beating Ricky Walden 4-3 and Jamie Jones thrashed Zhou Yuelong 4-0.

John Higgins, the four-time world champion, is also through after a top break of 97 helped him beat Andrew Higginson 4-1.