Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Mark Selby, John Higgins me Ding Junhui kei roto i te maha o nga kaitakaro i neke noa atu ki te 16 whakamutunga o te China Open i te Wenerei. Ko Selby, e whakarite ana ki te tiaki i tana taitara o te ao i muri mai o tenei marama, i haere tonu ki te whakahe i te wharanga o te kaki ki te whakakore i te hoa Ingarihi a Elliot Slessor me te pakaru o te 126 i te waahanga wha o to raatau tukinga tuarua. Ko Ding, te kaitakaro o te whare me te toa rangatira i Beijing, e rua nga waahi o te 86 i roto i te wikitoria 5-1 i a Mark Davis ki te whakarite i te hui a te rauna tuatoru me Mark Williams, he wikitoria ngawari 5-0 i runga i a Michael Leslie o Scotland. Ka tākaro a Mark Selby i tētahi whiu i a ia e whawhai ana ki tana hoa Ingarihi a Elliot Slessor i te China Open. Ka tākaro a Slessor i tētahi whiu ki a Selby i a rātou tukinga i te China Open i te Whare Wānanga o Peking i Beijing. Ko te toa o te ao e wha nga wa a Higgins i pakaru kotahi i runga i te 50 i a ia e patu ana i te tangata whenua o Scottish Graeme Dott 5-2, e whakarite ana i tetahi pakanga whakamutunga 16 whakamutunga ki a Judd Trump. Ko te Bristolian Trump, i hinga ki a Higgins i te whiringa toa o te Ao 2011, i koa ki te whatianga rau i te whata e ono hei hiri i te angitu 5-1 ki a Peter Ebdon. Ko tetahi atu toa o mua o te ao, ko Shaun Murphy, i kaha ki te mahi mo tona waahi i te rauna tuatoru, mai i te 3-2 ki raro ki te kite i a Anthony McGill 5-4. Ko Dechawat Poomjaeng o Thailand, nana nei i whakapataritari a Neil Robertson i te rauna whakatuwhera i Beijing, i wikitoria i te wikitoria 5-0 ki a Jack Lisowski o Ingarangi ki te haere tonu i tana wero, engari koinei te mutunga o te raina mo Marco Fu, i eke ki te 5-4 na Welshman Jamie Jones. I reira ano hoki nga wikitoria o te rauna tuarua mo Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire, Michael White, Robert Milkins, David Gilbert, Robin Hull, Kurt Maflin me Gary Wilson, me te 16 whakamutunga i puta i roto i nga waahanga e rua i te Taite. I whakapau kaha a Shaun Murphy ki tana tūnga i te rauna tuatoru, i haere mai i muri ki te patu i a Anthony McGill 5-4.
Ko Mark Selby te toa o te ao i wikitōria i tētahi whara ki te kaki ki te wikitōria i tana hoa Ingarihi a Elliot Slessor i te China Open. Kua eke hoki a John Higgins rāua ko Ding Junhui ki ngā whiringa toa 16 whakamutunga o te whakataetae. I mahi kaha a Shaun Murphy mo tana waahi i te rauna tuatoru, i hoki mai i te 3-2 ki raro ki te patu i a Anthony McGill. Ka tū ngā whiringa toa 16 whakamutunga i roto i ngā wāhanga e rua i te Rāhoroi.