THE THIRD day of the inaugural Haikou World Open produced more surprises as more top seeds were sent packing. There were surprise defeats for top 16 ranked Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens, Stephen Maguire and Martin Gould. Their defeats has certainly opened up for the competition for lower ranked players in search for a major title and more…

Matches to be played on Thursday, March 1 John HIGGINS vs Jamie COPE Jin LONG vs Robert MILKINS Graeme DOTT vs Marcus CAMPBELL Stephen LEE vs Neil ROBERTSON Mark KING vs Tom FORD Mark ALLEN vs Judd TRUMP Shaun MURPHY vs Joe PERRY Michael HOLT vs Mark SELBY