The highlight of yesterday’s action saw Scott Donaldson beat Mark Allen 6-1.
Ahead of the clash, the Scotsman was in tears with his father Hector having tragically died in early October.
“Snooker is a game at the end of the day, it’s not life or death,” he said.
“With what I have been through, I can tell you what’s important and what’s not important. When the pressure is coming on, I just tell myself ‘it’s a game of snooker’ and get on with it.
“I was fine until I got to the top of the stairs – and the last time I was in this venue was with my dad. It was good emotion though. Tough to go through but once I got the first frame, after that I was all right.”
Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong and Zhang Anda secured victories over Xu Si, Long Zehuang and Gary Wilson, respectively.