Ding beats Bingham for a quarter berth in China Open snooker

Chinese Ding Junhui survives wild card player Stuart Bingham of England 5-4 with a superb lucky performance in the ninth final frame to reach the last eight in the China Open snooker on Thursday.

The former world under-21 champion luckly pot a cool brown ball in to win eventually after lagging behind 16-47 in the deciding frame. His opponet pulled three consecutive frames back after Ding made three centuries in the first five frames to take 4-1 lead.

"I was lucky enough today especially for the brown," responds the Chinese snooker model.

Marco Fu, from Hong Kong, China, sealed the eighth frame with a break of 53 before Dave Harold of England tied the frames 3-3 by potting the black.

"He is a tough guy and gets used to slowly rythm of actions, but I prepared much on defence, which is the main reason of victory," said the top Asian snooker.

In the day's other actions, seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry saw off Ryan Day from Wales 5-1 as world No. 2 Williams moved after 5-2 against Adrian Gunnell from England.

Wild card player Welsh Ricky Walden got through after legend Steve Davis retired due to physical fitness on 0-3 loss.

John Higgins was downed 5-2 by his compatriot world No. 10 Alan McManus.

Following are the complete results of the second round on the fifth day of the China Open snooker on Thursday:

Stephen Hendry, Scotland, bt Ryan Day, Wales, 5-1 (50-52 78-29 81-0 71-1 86-1 69-22) (best of nine frames)

Mark Williams, Wales, bt Adrian Gunnell, England, 5-2 (116-9 81-8 28-82 71-0 114-0 1-70 60-27)

Marco Fu, Hong Kong, China, bt Dave Harold, England, 5-3 (61-40 63-70 104-17 69-1 17-63 59-65 74-66 71-15)

Richy Walden, Wales, bt Steve Davis, England, 3-0 (retired) (77-25 86-0 64-59 )

Alan McManus, Scotland, bt John Higgins, Scotland, 5-2 (75-0 0-67 66-22 62-55 61-51 54-73 54-26 )

Paul Hunter, England, bt Jimmy White, England, 5-3 (80-0 54-45 69-7 86-0 13-74 11-71 36-72 140-0)

Ding Junhui, China, bt Stuart Bingham, England, 5-4 (129-1 109-1 37-69 59-34 111-1 3-94 57-71 16-57 63-47 )

Ken Doherty, Ireland bt Stephen Lee, England, 5-3 (93-16 57-37 138-0 18-65 45-76 0-135 64-1 58-50)

Source: Xinhua