The "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan cruised into the quarter-finals of the China Open snooker tournament after beating Ali Carter 4-2 in Beijing on Thusday.
Jamie Cope produced a sensational display at the Honghe Industrial 2007 World Snooker China Open to end Mark Williams' reign in Beijing.
A brilliant clearance in the eighth frame helped Marco Fu of Hong Kong, China to stun former world champion Stephen Hendry of Britain 5-4 at the 2007 China Open snooker tournament here on Tuesday.
Ronnie O'Sullivan rattled in two centuries as he stormed to a 5-1 win over Liu Chuang at the Honghe Industrial 2007 World Snooker China Open.
"I has ranked Ding Junhui as my No.1 rival", world best snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan said of Chinese snooker ace upon his arrival last weekend for Snooker China Open kicking off today.
"I am of course eager to win the China Open title, but the world top 32 players will be present and remaining 31 will not make my trip just to wish me happy", World No 1 snooker player Stephen Hendry said at last week's China Open sponsor naming ceremony.
The world No 1 is pictured at a press conference on Wednesday when Honge Industrial was named as the title sponsor.
England's Peter Ebdon has captured the UK Championship for the first time late defeating Scotland's Stephen Hendry 10-6 in the final.