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on september 18, beijing time, the 2024 snooker english open had another day of competition. many games were upset. four seeded players were eliminated on this match day, including two world champions o'sullivan and mark williams, as well as gary wilson and tom ford. chinese teenager guo qiang defeated o'sullivan 4-2, which was the biggest upset of this match day.

a total of 16 matches were arranged on this match day, mainly in the 64-to-32 round. many chinese players appeared and created upsets. chinese teenager guo qiang scored 78 and 77 points in a row, winning three games in a row at the beginning. o'sullivan then won two games with two 50+ shots. in the sixth game, guo qiang scored 50 points in a single shot to seal the victory, eliminating o'sullivan 4-2 and advancing to the top 32, becoming the biggest upset and surprise of this match day.

in addition, jiang jun defeated tom ford, ranked 14th in the world, 4-2. in addition to o'sullivan and tom ford, two other seeded players were eliminated on this day, namely mark williams and gary wilson. gary wilson lost two consecutive games after getting the match point at 3-2, and lost to ross muir 3-4. mark williams lost to ben wollaston 1-4 and also failed to enter the top 32. it was indeed a bit unexpected that the four top seeded players were eliminated on the same day.

chinese player xu si won the final game, defeating lisowski 4-3. lü haotian eliminated dominic dale 4-2, but many chinese players also lost. long zehuang fought hard until the final game, but lost to mark allen 3-4. zhou yuelong lost 0-4 to jamie jones, and xiao guodong lost 2-4 to anthony mcgill. in the end, 9 chinese players made it to the top 32, namely wu yize, jiang jun, si jiahui, fan zhengyi, pang junxu, guoqiang, zhang anda, lü haotian, and xu si.

in other matches, luca brecel narrowly defeated anthony hamilton 4-3, john higgins 4-1 andrew higginson, barry hawkins 4-2 jimmy robertson, neil robertson 4-1 jackson page, stephen maguire 4-0 burcho revis, matthew selt 4-3 richie walton, hussein wafi 4-3 matthew stevens. the top 32 of this tournament have all been announced, and the top 16 matchups are as follows:

upper half: judd trump vs matthew selt, fan zhengyi vs oliver lines, wu yize vs ali carter, zach schuldy vs ben wollaston, mark selby vs joe o'connor, jiang jun vs si jiahui, hussein wafi vs singh chadha, stephen maguire vs guo qiang

lower half: mark allen vs. lu haotian, john higgins vs. david gilbert, chris wakelin vs. zhang anda, pang junxu vs. luca brecel, shaun murphy vs. neil robertson, ross muir vs. jamie jones, xu si vs. barry hawkins, anthony mcgill vs. karen wilson

the next match day will see all the matches from 32 to 16, still in a best-of-seven format. i wish the nine chinese players good luck!