The 2021 Snooker England Open ended the third matchday competition, and three of the four members of the Chinese Legion successfully advanced to the second round, of which Ding Junhui defeated teammate Tian Pengfei 4:1, Yan Bingtao defeated Bond 4:1, Li Xing played well, he defeated Carter 4:2 to advance to the round of 32, plus Zhao Xintong and Lu Ning, who were promoted on the previous matchday, a total of 5 players advanced to the Snooker England Open Round of 32. Ding Junhui, who has been fighting for a long time, played against teammate Tian Pengfei in the first round of the game, Ding Junhui started the game to change the previous slow heat problem, he won three consecutive sets to get the match point 3:0, Tian Pengfei recovered a set in the fourth set, Ding Junhui won 84:36 in the fifth game through multiple hands, and the total score was 4:1 after defeating Tian Pengfei. Yan Bingtao's first round opponent is the former world runner-up Bond, although Yan Bingtao is in general condition, but at present, Yan Bingtao's ability to control the game has improved significantly, and through excellent defense, Yan Bingtao finally eliminated the opponent 4:1.
Li Xing faced the world runner-up Carter in the first round of the main match, the two had played each other many times before, Li Xing lost more than he won, but Li Xing's play in this game was quite good. In the first game, Li Xing and Carter both had a chance, and finally Li Xing seized the opportunity to win the first set at 67:39, carter was still in poor shape in the second game, Li Xing continued to work hard to clean the opponent and then won another round, in the third game, Carter single shot 127 points and pulled back a set, and in the fourth game Li Xing seized the opportunity to win 55:9 in a scorched state, leading 3:1 overall. Although Carter won a strong set in the fifth set, Li Xing firmly controlled the situation in the sixth set, and won 4:2 on aggregate after a clean sheet. In the first matchday of the first round of the main round, only two of the seven members of the Chinese Legion advanced, of which Zhao Xintong and Lu Ning advanced to the second round, and Xiao Guodong, Cao Yupeng and other famous players were eliminated from the game.
In the first round of eight games, the seeded Hawkins and Gilbert were upset out, with Hawkins losing 1:4 to Robbie Williams, who was 50 minutes away from the world ranking, and stopped in the round of 32. McGill was in no form against Rossmuir, he lost four consecutive sets to his opponents 0:4, missed the Snooker England Open Round of 16, in the first set Rose Muir scored 86:31 ahead of the next city through multiple attacks, in the second set Rose Muir continued to work hard to win another set, in the third set McGill single shot over 100 after a clean sheet, to take a 3:0 lead, the last set Rose Muir did not give McGill another chance, In the end, he dropped four straight sets to sweep the world's 16th-ranked McGill. The world's 13th -ranked "Mr. Stability" Hawkins faced Robbie Williams, williams won the first set after playing several times, Hawkins equalized strongly in the second set, and then Robbie Williams won three consecutive sets to eliminate Hawkins 4:1 on aggregate, advancing to the round of 16.
China's Zhao Xintong faced Deville in the second round, the first two sets of the game both sides played very fiercely, but unfortunately Zhao Xintong was not able to seize the opportunity, Deville won two consecutive sets to lead 2:0, Zhao Xintong was not willing to show weakness to chase two sets of equalizers, Deville won in the fifth game again in the chaos to get the match point, Zhao Xintong in the sixth set of the single shot 138 points after the equalizer again, the decider Zhao Xintong regretted defeat, the total score of 3:4 was not against the opponent, did not qualify for the round of 16. With zhao Xintong's exit, the Chinese legion will only have Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Li Xing and Lu Ning four players, their second round of competition will be played on the evening of the 4th, of which Ding Junhui will fight with Gould, Yan Bingtao will compete with Gilbert for a top 16 seat, Li Xing's second round opponent is Belgian famous Brechel, and Lu Ning's opponent is four-time World Championship champion Higgins, it can be said that every game is a vicious battle, looking forward to the wonderful performance of Chinese players.