DING "FOCUSED"

Top Chinese seed, Ding Junhui beat Michael Georgiou 6-2. Consistent breaks of 66, 67, 66, 67 were enough to keep him out of touch, before a clearance of 91 finished the job. "Of course the audience want to see me win, I can feel their strong desire and this won't be pressure for me," Ding remarked.

Meanwhile, veteran Mark Williams continued his recent resurgence by seeing off Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-1 in the first round. Despite taking the first frame, the Thai world No. 60 hardly touched the table in the following four. Williams quickly racking up breaks of 131, 50, 129, and 64 - with Un-Nooh scoring just two points in reply.

CHINESE POTTER THROUGH

In a minor upset, world No. 43 Cao Yupeng knocked out 10th seeded Luca Brecel in the afternoon session. The two players went toe-to-toe, trading frames up to 4-3 to Brecel in an edgy encounter. Amidst the scrappy play, Cao overwhelmingly won the third frame 148-0. Fouls and a break of 135 helped Cao to the rarely seen total. But a frame down, the seventh highest ranked Chinese player found a second gear, winning three on-the-trot to overturn the Belgian favorite. Joining him is fellow countryman Lyu Haotian, who cruised past Englishman Liam Highfield 6-2. While in the qualifiers, 18-year-old Luo Honghao rattled Stuart Carrington 6-2.

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