london, dec. 3 (xinhua) -- ding junhui set up a last 16 encounter against defending champion ronnie o'sullivan as the top snooker player of china defeated ali carter 6-4 at snooker uk championships in york on tuesday.
ding, 32, took the opening four frames in a row with top break of 104. carter hit back to trail in 4-5 but two-time champion ding ended the match with a break of 116 in the 10th frame.
ding will face o'sullivan who surpassed thai player noppon saengkham 6-2.
"i'm looking forward to it. i like playing ding," said the world number two o'sullivan. "he looked playing good. it should be fun."
liang wenbo of china ousted eden sharav 6-4 before another chinese player yan *ngtao beat jack lisowski 6-3.
liang is going to play against compatriot li hang who saw off marco fu from hong kong of china 6-4 on monday. 19-year-old riga *s champion yan will challenge australia's neil robertson.
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