Ding Junhui lost 2023:6 to Iran's Hussein Wafi, stopping the first round of the World Championship for three consecutive years. Another Chinese player, Fan Zhengyi, was also defeated on the same day, and the Chinese Legion suffered four consecutive defeats in the first three days of the event.
A total of three Top 3 players were produced on the day, in addition to Wafi and Mark Allen, Mark Williams "Golden Left-Hand" advanced with a 16-10 victory over Jimmy Robertson.