China's snooker prodigy Ding Junhui has sailed into the last 16 at the Northern Ireland Trophy after beating world number 16, Anthony Hamilton, 5-3.

It took Ding only 15 minutes to wind up the first frame. He then extended his lead to 2-0 before Hamilton launched a 3-0 comeback run to exchange the lead at 3-2.

Ding then climbed back to win the next three frames en route to win the whole match, 5-3.

Another Chinese teenager, Tian Pengfei, almost made it through in a close contest with Shaun Murphy. Tian, a tournament debutant, failed to surpass the world-number-five cueist and lost the match, 5-4.

(CRI August 17, 2006)