The World Open is seeing a lot of big names stumble early on as the likes of Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, Mark Selby and Mark Allen are all out before the last 16 stage.
Trump arrived in Yushan having won the last two editions of the event and looked very strong in his opening two wins.
However, Joe O’Connor was impressive in beating the world number one in the last 32 on Tuesday, ending a 16-match winning streak in the competition for the Ace.
Allen was shocked early on by David Lilley while Liu Hongyu beat Selby who had been in great form in winning the Welsh Open just a few days earlier.
There have been impressive performances so far from big names, though, with Shaun Murphy shining brighter than anyone.
The Magician made a 147 in his 5-0 win over wildcard player Zhou Jinhao and then followed that up with another 5-0 whitewash of Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
The Masters champion looks like he will be tough to stop but there are other contenders left in the draw who will look to beat him to the trophy on Saturday, including John Higgins, Ding Junhui and Barry Hawkins.
World Open draw and schedule
UK times
Friday 28 February
6am: Zak Surety 5-6 John Higgins
11.30am: Ali Carter 3-6 Joe O’Connor
Saturday 1 March – Final
6am& 11.30am: John Higgins vs Joe O’Connor
How to watch the World Open
As per World Snooker Tour, in the UK and Ireland: ‘Until February 28th live coverage will be simulcast on Eurosport and TNT Sports 3, and available to stream on discovery+. Eurosport officially stops broadcast at 2am UK time on February 28th. From that point onwards all live coverage will continue to be live on TNT Sports 3 and discovery+.’
World Open prize money
Winner: £175,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-final: £33,000
Quarter-final: £22,000
Last 16: £14,000
Last 32: £9,000
Last 64: £5,000
Highest break: £5,000
World Open results
Sunday 23 February
All times UK
01.30
Elliot Slessor 5-2 Lyu Haotian
Sanderson Lam 1-5 Zhou Jinhao
David Lilley 5-4 Cao Jin
Scott Donaldson 5-0 Wang Yuhang
Zhang Anda 3-5 Stan Moody
Xu Si 5-3 Zou Pengfei
Kyren Wilson 5-2 Hammad Miah
06.00
Mark Selby 2-5 Liu Hongyu
Jimmy Robertson 5-3 Noppon Saengkham
Aaron Hill 5-3 Sunny Akani
Mark Davis 1-5 John Higgins
Daniel Womersley 2-5 Stuart Carrington
11.30
Antoni Kowalski 5-3 Matthew Stevens
Michael Holt 5-3 Martin O’Donnell
Wu Yize 5-4 Jackson Page
Ali Carter 5-3 He Guoqiang
M Phetmalaikul 1-5 Zhou Yuelong
Judd Trump 5-0 Xing Zihao
Ding Junhui 5-1 Jiang Jun
Monday 24 February
01.30
Zhou Jinhao 0-5 Shaun Murphy
Mark Allen 4-5 David Lilley
Jack Lisowski 5-2 Scott Donaldson
Zak Surety 5-4 Jordan Brown
06.00
Ben Woollaston 5-0 Amir Sarkosh
Jamie Jones 2-5 Barry Hawkins
Louis Heathcote 5-3 Stuart Carrington
Xiao Guodong 4-5 Duane Jones
Pang Junxu 5-0 Anthony McGill
Stan Moody 5-2 Graeme Dott
Lei Peifan 1-5 Kyren Wilson
11.30
Judd Trump 5-1 Long Zehuang
Alfie Burden 1-5 Joe O’Connor
Yuan Sijun 4-5 Hossein Vafaei
Joe Perry 2-5 Ding Junhui
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-5 Tom Ford
Daniel Wells 5-4 Gary Wilson
Robert Milkins 3-5 Xu Si
Tuesday 25 February
6am
Judd Trump 2-5 Joe O’Connor
Antoni Kowalski 1-5 Michael Holt
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0-5 Shaun Murphy
David Lilley 5-4 Wu Yize
Liu Hongyu 5-4 Elliot Slessor
Zak Surety 5-4 Duane Jones
Robbie Williams 3-5 John Higgins
11.30am (UK time)
Hossein Vafaei 3-5 Ding Junhui
Ali Carter 5-4 Jack Lisowski
Ben Woollaston 4-5 Barry Hawkins
Ryan Day 5-2 Louis Heathcote
Tom Ford 5-3 Daniel Wells
Tian Pengfei 3-5 Pang Junxu
Stan Moody 3-5 Xu Si
Zhou Yuelong 5-4 Kyren Wilson
Wednesday 26 February
06.00am
Pang Junxu 5-2 Xu Si
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Ryan Day
Liu Hongyu 2-5 Zak Surety
John Higgins 5-4 Zhou Yuelong
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11.30am
Tom Ford 5-3 Jimmy Robertson
Joe O’Connor 5-3 Michael Holt
Ding Junhui 2-5 Shaun Murphy
David Lilley 1-5 Ali Carter
Thursday 27 February
6am
Pang Junxu 0-5 John Higgins
Zak Surety 5-3 Tom Ford
11.30am
Ali Carter 5-4 Barry Hawkins
Joe O’Connor 5-1 Shaun Murphy
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