• Published3 September 2026

Teenager Stan Moody knocked four-time champion John Higgins out of the British Open with a 4-2 victory in the last 16.

Moody, 19, progressed to the quarter-finals for the second successive year thanks to a strong finish at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Scot Higgins, 51, twice came from behind to level at 2-2, but a break of 46 nudged Moody 3-2 ahead before a 69 clearance - after four-time world champion Higgins led 61-0 - sealed victory.

Moody will face fellow Englishman Liam Highfield in the last eight on Friday.

Judd Trump breezed into the quarter-finals by beating fellow Englishman David Gilbert 4-0 thanks to breaks of 118 and 105 in the final two frames.

Trump, 37, will face China's Zhao Xintong after the world number one overcame England's Mark Joyce 4-2.

Englishman Jack Lisowski triumphed 4-1 over China's Lyu Haotian to set up a meeting with England's four-time world champion Mark Selby, who beat Ukraine's Iulian Boiko 4-2.

Wales' Jak Jones defeated Latvian Artemus Zizins 4-2, while Ireland's Aaron Hill beat China's Fan Zhengyi 4-0 and Highfield saw off China's Long Zehuang 4-1.

Stan Moody v Liam Highfield

Judd Trump v Zhao Xintong

Aaron Hill v Jak Jones

Jack Lisowski v Mark Selby

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