The top ranked players have all started well at the International Championships in Daqing, following the first two days of action. World number one Mark Selby overcame Paul Davison 6-4 in his heldover Last 128 match on Sunday, before a 6-2 victory over Alfie Burden in Monday's play saw him into the Last 32. Defending champion John Higgins also had his Last 128 match saved for the venue, beating Sydney Wilson 6-0 and then winning his Last 64 match with fellow Scotsman Eden Sharav 6-3. Ding Junhui did not have things all his own way in his held over Last 128 match (as the Chinese number 1) having to come from 5-2 behind against Mitchell Mann to eventually win 6-5, before beating David Grace 6-1 in the Last 64. Ding missed the brown in frame four of that match when on for a maximum 147 break. Finally from the hold overs, Chinese number 2 and recent English Open champion Liang Wenbo came from 5-3 behind to beat Mei Xiwen 6-5. On Monday playing one of the four Chinese wildcards that all came through their matches against professional opposition on Sunday, Liang managed to hold his nerve having watched his 5-1 lead disappear before winning a very tight deciding frame.
Mark Williams was one of the shock casualties of the Last 64 as he lost 6-5 to wildcard Xu Si, who had beaten Wang Yuchen on Sunday. Xu was 3-1 ahead at the interval before Williams went on to lead both 4-3 and 5-4, but it was the Chinese who came through the decider comfortably to book his Last 32 place. On top of that there were 6-3 defeats for Martin Gould against Mark Joyce and Indian Open champion Anthony McGill against Zhou Yuelong.
Judd Trump did overcome wildcard opposition in impressive young Yuan Sijun. Trump led 3-0 early on in the match before seeing his opponent win three in a row to draw level, only for Trump to win three more in a row and finish with two century breaks in a 6-3 victory.
Shaun Murphy meanwhile came from 3-1 and 4-3 down against Robin Hull to win 6-4 and book a Last 32 meeting with Yan Bingtao, who famously beat Murphy in last years Champion of Champions. Hull could have led 4-2 but for an in-off when potting the penultimate red and then giving away another snooker, seeing Murphy clear up to force a re-spot which he crucially won to level at 3-3.
Stuart Bingham was a comfortable winner against wildcard opposition, while Neil Robertson cruised past Oliver Lines 6-0 in the Last 64. Joe Perry meanwhile ended a poor run of results, but only just as he came from 5-2 down to beat Andrew Higginson.
Ronnie O'Sullivan had a nervous end to his 6-4 win over Xiao Guodong. O'Sullivan made a 137 break in the first frame, and went on to lead 3-1 at the mid-session interval. Xiao won the first two after the break to level at 3-3 only for O'Sullivan to step up and move one away at 5-3. Xiao won the ninth to stay in the contest, and had a major chance to force a decider, but after O'Sullivan forced a re-spot the Chinese player went in-off to gift the five times world champion victory.
Last 64 Results in Full:
John Higgins 6-3 Eden Sharav
Jak Jones 6-4 Jimmy Robertson
Mark Joyce 6-3 Martin Gould
Zhou Yuelong 6-3 Anthony McGill
Matthew Stevens 6-1 Chris Wakelin
Ding Junhui 6-1 David Grace
Graeme Dott 6-1 Fergal O'Brien
Ricky Walden 6-3 Ken Doherty
Judd Trump 6-3 Yuan Sijun
Tom Ford 6-3 Zhao Xintong
Xu Si 6-5 Mark Williams
James Wattana 6-3 David Gilbert
Sam Baird 6-2 Michael White
Marco Fu 6-4 Akani Songsermsawad
Yan Bingtao 6-2 Mike Dunn
Shaun Murphy 6-4 Robin Hull
Stuart Bingham 6-1 Zhang Jiankang
Dominic Dale 6-4 Luca Brecel
Ali Carter 6-3 Robbie Williams
Stephen Maguire 6-2 Rod Lawler
Kurt Maflin 6-2 Matt Selt
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-4 Xiao Guodong
Michael Holt 6-2 Jamie Jones
Daniel Wells 6-2 Stuart Carrington
Neil Robertson 6-0 Oliver Lines
Anthony Hamilton 6-2 Gary Wilson
Joe Perry 6-5 Andrew Higginson
Aditya Mehta 6-2 Ryan Day
Liang Wenbo 6-5 Chen Zifan
Li Hang 6-1 Lee Walker
John Astley 6-4 Mark King
Mark Selby 6-2 Alfie Burden
Those results have set up some brilliant Last 32 matches, so here is the draw and schedule with all of those games being played tomorrow:
Last 32 Draw:
7.30am UK Time:
Mark Selby Vs John Astley - TV TABLE
Neil Robertson Vs Anthony Hamilton - TV TABLE
Shaun Murphy Vs Yan Bingtao
Ricky Walden Vs Graeme Dott
Marco Fu Vs Sam Baird
Stuart Bingham Vs Dominic Dale
Mark Joyce Vs Zhou Yuelong
James Wattana Vs Xu Si
12.30pm UK Time:
Ronnie O'Sullivan Vs Kurt Maflin - TV TABLE
Ding Junhui Vs Matthew Stevens - TV TABLE
John Higgins Vs Jak Jones
Judd Trump Vs Tom Ford
Ali Carter Vs Stephen Maguire
Michael Holt Vs Daniel Wells
Joe Perry Vs Aditya Mehta
Liang Wenbo Vs Li Hang
All Last 32 matches are played over the best-of-11 frames to set the line-up for Wednesday's Last 16.
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