In the early morning of November 5, the World Snooker Tour England Open began a 16-8 battle, with Two Of China's leading figures, Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao, joining hands. The day's match entered the one-day doubles schedule, Ding Junhui first swept Gould to the round of 16 4-0 in the second round, but in the matchup with Higgins, he performed badly, Higgins played 3 pars 60+ and 1 par to break the hundred, and finally Ding Junhui lost 1-4. After Yan Bingtao defeated Gilbert 4-2, he encountered the world's first Selby, who was once dragged into the decider by Selby in the case of a 3-1 lead, but in the last moment he withstood the pressure, cleared the stage, and advanced strongly, becoming the only seedling in the top 8 of the Chinese Legion.
Ding Junhui won the first victory of the new season in the qualifying round of the competition, defeating The 101st place in the world 4-1 Pajit. After entering the main game, he met his old partner Tian Pengfei, and won 4-1 again and successfully advanced. According to the schedule, the second and third rounds of the competition will be held in one day, so Ding Junhui will usher in a test. In the matchup with Gould, Ding Junhui did not encounter too much challenge, and won four consecutive sets, easily won 4-0, advanced to the round of 16, and would play under Higgins, who experienced a tiebreaker and narrowly defeated China's Lu Ning 4-3.
At more than 4:0 a.m., Ding Junhui and Higgins' 8-place battle began, the first set Higgins directly played a single 80 points, and the clean sheet Ding Junhui took a 1-0 lead; in the second set, Higgins continued to exert his strength, consecutively won the mobile phone meeting, played a single 69 points, and then led 2-0 in the next set; in the third set, Ding Junhui won, and the big score was pulled into 1-2; the fourth and fifth sets, the game was directly taken over by Higgins, playing a single shot of 97 points and a single shot of 103 points of breaking 100, respectively, both sets were zero seals Ding Junhui. In the end, Higgins eliminated Ding Junhui 4-1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Yan Bingtao met Gilbert in the second round, and once fell behind 0-2, he won four consecutive sets to reverse 4-2 to advance to the round of 16, encountering the world's first Selby. In the first four innings, Yan Bingtao performed well, playing a 50+ to take a 3-1 lead and get match point opportunities. But unexpectedly, the next two sets, the tenacious Selby won consecutive games, dragging the game into the decider. In the crucial final set, Yan Bingtao took the lead, but failed to win with one shot, and there was a mistake. But Selby played a single shot of 57 points after getting started, and made a mistake in handling the final red ball of Theku, Yan Bingtao withstood the pressure to clear the stage, and finally achieved a deadlock, advancing to the top 8 with a strong 4-3, becoming the only seedling of the Chinese legion, and the 1/4 final will play again with Higgins, who eliminated Ding Junhui.
In other competitions, top seed and defending champion Trump defeated Rose Muir 4-1 and Mark King swept amateur Divel 4-0, and the two will meet in the quarter-finals. With No. 5 seed Karen Wilson beating Robbie Williams 4-1 and No. 4 seed Robertson beating Mark Davis 4-3, the winning two seeds will compete for a place in the quarter-finals. O'Sullivan took Clark 4-0, and in the final set of the game, he tried to score a perfect score of 147, only to lose the yellow ball, regrettably missing it. The Rockets' opponent in the quarter-finals was Belgian star Brechel, who defeated Patrick 4-2.