The Snooker Wuhan Open starts today (August 24, 2025), with multiple national players such as Zhao Xintong and Ding Junhui taking part, broadcast live on CCTV-5 and the CCTV video app.

The live broadcast schedule for today on CCTV-5 and the CCTV video app is detailed in the image below, including players like Zhao Xintong, Ding Junhui, and Xiao Guodong. The matches are played in a best-of-nine frames format. Details are as follows.

1. At 10 AM today, the CCTV video app will live stream two matches featuring Mark Allen and Xiao Guodong.
2. At 2 PM today, the CCTV video app will broadcast two matches with Ding Junhui and Jamie Jones competing.
3. At 7:30 PM tonight, the CCTV video app will live stream two matches featuring Zhao Xintong and Judd Trump.

• CCTV-5 will provide live coverage starting at 2 PM today for the match between Ding Junhui and Zhang Hao.

Other national players’ matches will be streamed for free in full on the Huya live platform, as shown in the image below.

Pre-match predictions

1. First of all, snooker fans are in luck as CCTV-5, the CCTV video app, and Huya live platform are all offering free live broadcasts of this event.
2. Fifteen national players are participating; winning ten matches would be an excellent result. Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong, Si Jiahui, Xiao Guodong, Xu Si, and Chang Bingyu are likely to win, while the others will depend on their performance on the day!
3. Top international stars like Mark Allen, Judd Trump, Ali Carter, Mark Selby, and Mark Williams are also competing.However, it is unfortunate that Wilson and O'Sullivan are absent.
4. The defending champion is Xiao Guodong. This year, I am looking forward to Zhao Xintong’s breakout performance!