Ronnie O'Sullivan return ends in defeat to Michael Holt

O'Sullivan, playing his second competitive match since his Crucible defeat to Barry Hawkins in April, was a 5-4 winner over Liang Wenbo in the first round, but could not reproduce his winning form against Holt, who trailed 2-1 before winning four straight frames to progress.

Holt made breaks of 120, 57 and 64 to progress to the quarter-finals with O'Sullivan enjoying modest runs of 64 and 55.

Judd Trump lost 5-3 to Michael White after leading 2-0 while John Higgins went down 5-2 to Ali Carter and 2015 world champion StuartBingham overpowered David Gilbert by the same score.

Stuart Carrington 3-5 Mark Selby

Ryan Day 5-2 Mei Xi Wen

Barry Hawkins 3-5 Stephen Maguire

Stuart Bingham 5-2 David Gilbert

Ding Junhui 5-2 Mark Allen

Michael Holt 5-2 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Judd Trump 3-5 Michael White

Ali Carter 5-2 John Higgins

Stuart Bingham v Ali Carter

Ryan Day v Mark Selby

Michael Holt v Ding Junhui

Michael White v Stephen Maguire