Ricky Walden 4-1 Li Yuan - Walden closes things out with another good break in the 60's. A run of 69 this time is enough to complete an impressive victory and put himself into the last 64. He can expect a tougher contest there though, facing either Michael White or Martin Gould.
Frame 5 - The frame kicked off with a half chance for Li, but he failed to make anything significant. Walden has earned an opening now and with the balls nicely placed he'll be hoping to win the match as soon as possible.
Frame Walden - In no time at all Walden does take control again in this match and regain his two frames lead. A swift and well made break of 67 is enough to take the fourth frame. 3-1 Walden
Frame 4 - After a bit of a sloppy start with misses from both players, Walden earns a good chance here as he looks to take charge again in this contest.
Frame Li - When Li missed a cut on the penultimate red it looked like he'd blown his chance. Walden potted the red that was left over the corner and brought the final red into play in the process. He got down to the yellow and missed a straight forward shot, leaving Li open for the clearance of 20 to win the frame. 2-1 Walden
Walden was looking good there and I'd even given an early maximum call before a missed black on 41 halted that thought. It's left Li with a good opportunity and one he has to take to stay in this match.
Frame 3 - A nice red up into the yellow pocket gets Walden straight back in here. He really has found his rhythm today, making this a joy to watch.
Frame Walden - Li played on for snookers but eventually left the final red over the corner from one of his safety shots and Walden finished the frame off. 2-0 Walden
After just seven minutes playing time in the frame Ricky Walden pots frame ball black to leave Li Yuan needing snookers, but the break ends there at 69 for Walden, to give Li the chance.
Frame 2 - Having got his eye in nicely with the clearance in frame one, Walden is in straight away in frame two and going along nicely.
Frame Walden - Superb stuff from Walden making the clearance of 64 look easy. A very promising start for him, while that's an early blow for Li. 1-0 Walden
Frame 1 - Bizzare events on table 6 and lateness of Wang Yuchen on table 8 have somewhat diverted my attention. However, Walden potted the first red in this frame but wobbled a tricky brown. Li then played a good red along the cushion, went straight into reds and made 52 before missing. Walden is back in now.
Today's second live blog features multiple ranking winner Ricky Walden up against Northern Ireland Open quarter finalist Li Yuan. Find it incredibly bizarre that this match is on table 7. With Walden coming back to form he could go well this week.
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