Overview

• O’Sullivan opened with a 134 and added breaks of 70, 63 and 85 as Maguire scored only 25 points in five frames.
• The 49-year-old has dropped just one frame across three matches in China and now plays Jak Jones for a quarter-final place.
• He cautioned against complacency, saying he feels in good touch but that snooker “has a way of humbling you,” in comments to the World Snooker Tour.
• The World Snooker Tour said century counts show conditions are strong and noted the challenge of staging events in humid climates.
• Elsewhere, Neil Robertson lost 5–4 to He Guoqiang despite two centuries, Robert Milkins made four tons to edge Jimmy Robertson, and former champions Mark Williams, Kyren Wilson, Shaun Murphy and Stuart Bingham advanced.