In the early morning of November 5, Beijing time, with The defeat of Lu Ning 3-4 to Higgins, the round of 16 of this season's Snooker England Open was born! In the Chinese snooker army, only Yan Bingtao and Ding Junhui were promoted, and Zhao Xintong, Li Xing, and Lu Ning were all eliminated.
Lu Ning, known as the "King of Chinese Mills", encounters Higgins. In his career, Ronin has played higgins 4 times, and Ronin has only won 1. Facing four World Championship champions, Lu Ning started badly, losing two consecutive sets and falling behind 0-2. In the third set, Lu Ning seized the opportunity to pull back a city. In the fourth set, Higgins scored a 100-shot victory, and the General Bureau led 3-1 to get the match point. In the fifth set, Lunin 30-0 to establish an advantage, the mother ball went wrong, the attack was interrupted, Higgins defense gave Lunin a mid-stage opportunity, Lunin scored a red ball to play again, 46-0, Lunin turned into defense, multi-shot match, Lunin laughed to the end, chased the general score to 2-3. In the sixth inning, 62-1, Ronin chased another set. In the decider, Higgins single-handedly won. The Luning General Bureau lost 3-4 and missed the round of 16.
Yan Bingtao and Gilbert clashed, and the two had played each other twice, winning one each. In this campaign, Yan Bingtao also had an unfavorable start, losing the first set 52-68, and Gilbert single-shot 68 points to reverse the limit. In the second set, Gilbert won 72-0. In the third set, Yan Bingtao won 62-10. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored a single 69 points to win. In the fifth set, Gilbert scored 52 points and Yan Bingtao reversed 71-52. In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao seized the opportunity to win by 66 points. From 0-2 to 4-2, Yan Bingtao won four consecutive sets to reverse the promotion.
Ding Junhui confronts "Glasses Man" Gould. In the past 9 meetings, Ding Junhui has a 6-3 advantage. In the first set, 79-1, Ding Junhui took the lead. In the second set, Ding Junhui scored a single 68 points and won 88-7. In the third set, Ding Junhui narrowly won 60-54. In the fourth set, both sides had a single 50+ performance, but the last laugh was Ding Junhui, Gould took the lead in playing a single 62 points, Ding Junhui single shot 57 points in return, 64-62 narrow victory, with the General Bureau score 4-0 sweep to advance. In this campaign, Ding Junhui showed his resilience, although he still failed to play the first shot of the new season to break the hundred, but Ding Junhui won the recognition of fans.
O'Sullivan won quite thrillingly, facing veteran Hamilton, O'Sullivan seized the opportunity in the decider, breaking 119 points with a single shot to win, and the General Bureau scored 4-3 to enter the round of 16. In this campaign, veteran Hamilton is worthy of respect, trailing O'Sullivan 1-3, 75 and 71 points in a row, saving 2 consecutive match points, dragging the game into the decider, quite tenacious.
The round of 16 matches are as follows
Top Half: Trump Rosmuir, MarkKin Paul Deville, Karen Wilson Robbie Williams, Neil Robertson Mark Davis
Bottom half: O'Sullivan Clark, Brechel Patrick, Ding Junhui Higgins, Yan Bingtao Selby