It featured 16 participants, primarily winners of significant tournaments since the previous year's event.

[7] The event was broadcast by ITV in the United Kingdom; by AMC in Hungary; by Fox Sports in Australia; by Mola in Indonesia; by Nova in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; by Sky in New Zealand; by StarHub in Singapore; by Sportklub in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and North Macedonia; by VTM in Belgium; by Viaplay in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuana, Iceland, the Netherlands and Poland; by Viasat in Denmark, Sweden and Norway; and by Matchroom Sport in all other territories.

[11] In the group semi‑finals, defending champion Mark Allen defeated reigning World Seniors Champion Igor Figueiredo 4‍–‍2, making breaks of 102 and 107, while World Championship runner‑up Jak Jones defeated reigning Scottish Open and Welsh Open champion Gary Wilson by the same scoreline of 4‍–‍2, making breaks of 106 and 132.

[12][13] In the group final, Jones won the first three frames, making a break of 137 in the process, to leave Allen 0‍–‍3 behind.

I felt like I upped the tempo and played some good stuff even though I could have lost a couple of frames.

[14][15] In the group final, Wilson and Williams shared the first four frames to be tied 2‍–‍2 at the mid‑session interval.

[11] In the group semi‑finals, world number one Judd Trump whitewashed Ding Junhui, who had won the International Championship the previous week, while reigning English Open champion Neil Robertson defeated Ali Carter 4‍–‍3.

Robertson then went 5‍–‍3 ahead, winning a protracted eighth frame, that lasted almost an hour, on the final pink.

Trump then claimed the ninth frame to come back to 4‍–‍5 but Robertson won a tense tenth frame to defeat Trump 6‍–‍4 for his first win against the Englishman since the 2020 UK Championship final.

[11] In the group semi‑finals, Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong came back from 0‍–‍3 behind against reigning UK and Masters champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, making three breaks of over 50, including a 130 in frame 4, to force a close decider which he eventually won to defeat O'Sullivan 4‍–‍3.

[18][19] In the group final, Selby led Xiao 4‍–‍1 after five frames, making a break of 120 in the third, before Xiao won three consecutive frames without Selby scoring a point to even out the scoreline at 4‍–‍4.

Regaining the lead, Selby won the ninth frame to go 5‍–‍4 ahead but Xiao took the tenth after a long safety exchange on the colours to again level the scores at 5‍–‍5.

After both players had had scoring opportunities in a close deciding frame that included a rerack, Xiao fluked the final yellow and cleared to the pink to defeat Selby 6‍–‍5.

Xiao managed to develop the pink from his shot on the blue and cleared up to the final black for a 6‍–‍3 victory over the defending champion.

My safety was good, I created chances and potted a couple of crazy balls.

[11] In the afternoon session, Williams took the first five frames, but Xiao responded to win the next four, making two century breaks.

"[5] Xiao said: "The crowd was very nice and I'd also like to thank the Chinese fans who watched me play during the night time.

I want Ronnie [O'Sullivan], Mark [Williams] and John [Higgins] to play for another ten or twenty years!