 The winners of round 1 went through to face members of the top 16 . Ding continued his run , defeating Jimmy White 5 – 1 to make the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time . Ding called the win his most satisfying to date and White commended his opponent 's performance , saying , " He ’ s dangerous and he ’ s improved a hell of a lot this year " . Elsewhere , Maguire whitewashed UK champion Matthew Stevens 5 – 0 , outscoring him 427 – 68 . O 'Sullivan extended his unbeaten run to 12 matches when he defeated Parrott 5 – 2 , in a match that lasted two hours and 28 minutes and which featured a lot of tactical , disjointed exchanges . He was not satisfied with his performance , however : " I was awful — if I keep playing like that they 'll have to call the <unk> to come and collect me " . 1997 world champion Ken Doherty , who was ranked seventh but had slipped to fifteenth in the provisional rankings , defeated <unk> Hann 5 – 1 , after Hann had smashed the red balls from his break @-@ off shot at 0 – 4 down , from which he fluked a red and made an 89 break . John Higgins , a three @-@ time champion who first won in 1995 , beat Drew Henry 5 – 1 , and said he would withdraw from the tournament if his pregnant wife went into labour . Hendry beat Robert Milkins 5 – 1 , and dismissed suggestions that the loss at the Grand Prix had inspired him to play better at this tournament . Murphy defeated world number four Paul Hunter 5 – 3 for his second last @-@ 16 appearance in a ranking event , and attributed the win to his happiness off the table ; Murphy — a Christian since the age of 17 — said , " My girlfriend Claire is a wonderful woman . We 've become engaged and we 're involved with a tremendous church in Rotherham " . Two @-@ time world champion and world number two Mark Williams — who became a father in May and had slipped to eighth in the provisional rankings — claimed a 5 – 1 victory over <unk> in 89 minutes . In a hard @-@ fought contest , Stephen Lee defeated King 5 – 4 . The other winners were Carter , Andy Hicks , Anthony Hamilton , Hawkins , Barry Pinches , Holt , and Stuart Bingham . 
