Oliver Lines stunned Zhao Xintong with a 4-2 win in the English Open first round. Zhao, the 2025 world champion, made two century breaks to level at 2-2, but Lines took the next two frames with breaks of 77 and 84. Lines will face Yuan Sijun in the last 32 in Brentwood.

Elsewhere, Neil Robertson lost 4-3 to Luo Zetao, while Kyren Wilson beat Mateusz Baranowski 4-1 and Ding Junhui defeated Michael Holt 4-3.