In the other match in the afternoon session, China’s Si Jiahui moved into the quarter-finals thanks to a 13-10 win over England’s Ben Woollaston, who had eliminated fourth seed Mark Selby in the first round.
Si reached the semi-finals two years ago, letting a 14-5 lead slip as he lost 17-15 to eventual winner Luca Brecel.
In the quarter-finals, Si will play either Ronnie O’Sullivan or Pang Junxu, with O’Sullivan holding a dominant 12-4 lead and only needing one more frame when that match resumes at 19:00 BST.
Woollaston, 44th in the world, felt he had missed a glorious opportunity after recovering from 9-7 behind to get it to 10-10, only to lose the last three frames.
He said: “I was 9-7 down and I didn’t know how. It was my own fault because there were so many frames I could’ve won and I should’ve been 10-6 up.
“From 10-10 he played the best he had in the match. He was then brilliant and some of his long pots were out of this world. It’s frustrating as tactically I was all over him the whole match, but I couldn’t convert my chances.”
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