China’s Ding Junhui steamrolled fellow Chinese Xiao Guodong 6-1 to sail into the last 16 of the ongoing 2019 WPBSA Snooker International Championships in the Chinese city of Daqing on Tuesday.  

Earlier, the world number 10 and the top-seeded Chinese cueist was a hot favorite to win against his compatriot in the second round contest as Ding had won seven games of their previous eight encounters. 

As expected, Ding got off to a flying start as he took control right from the word go and a break of 104 gave him a quick 3-0 lead. A miss on the last red in the fourth frame gave Xiao a chance and he tried to snooker Ding on the green.  

But that didn’t work as Ding cleared the table for a 4-0 lead at the break. The winner of 13 ranking titles soon went up 5-0, before Xiao managed to win the sixth frame.  

But a sublime Ding quickly squashed any hopes of his opponent’s comeback and won the decisive next frame to complete a 6-1 victory.  

He will now face another Chinese, Liang Wenbo in the last 16.  

In another match of the day in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Englishman Shaun Murphy knocked out Chinese world number 18 Yan Bingtao in a hard-fought contest.  

The Murphy dominated from the outset and took a 5-0 lead before the 19-year-old Yan fought back valiantly to cut down his rival’s deficit to 5-3. Carrying forward the momentum, Yan won the ninth frame but a lovely plant in the tenth frame set 2005 world champion Murphy on his way to closing it out 6-4 and he booked a place in the last 16. 

Meanwhile, defending world champion and world number 2 Judd Trump went past Scott Donaldson 6-4. Trump didn’t have it easy against Donaldson, who banked in the green. But a break of 72 eventually saw Trump winning the match and inching closer to become world number one. 

Meanwhile, three-time world champion Mark Selby racked up a break of 127 to trail Ben Woollaston 2-1. However, the three-time world champion, who is currently ranked sixth, was able to win the match 6-3 and advance to the last 16.