Snooker World Open: Ding Junhui beats Murphy for the first time in the past 11 years and advances to the quarterfinals. Chinese billiards star DingJunhui defeated Grand Slam winner Sean Murphy 5-3.

The winner of the battle will face the winner between O'Sullivan and Hussein Wafi in the quarter-finals. The 2024 Snooker world Open will be held in Yushan, Jiangxi, on the 22nd and 23rd of March.