Ronnie O’Sullivan says three players are a ‘level above’ the rest of the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters field.

The second edition of the Saudi Arabia Masters started on Friday at Green Halls in Jeddah.

Judd Trump is the defending champion having beaten Mark Williams 10-9 in last year’s final and is hoping to win the second ranking event of the season and take home the £500,000.

The world number one begins his title defence against Oliver Lines and O’Sullivan rates him as one of the three standout players competing out in Saudi.

O’Sullivan in fact views 2024 world champion Kyren Wilson as the favourite for the event after he won the Shanghai Masters at the start of the month.

Zhao Xintong, the reigning world champion, is the third player O’Sullivan believes is a ‘level above’ the chasing

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