John Higgins and reigning champion Jack Lisowski became the latest big names to fall at the Northern Ireland Open, but home favourite Jordan Brown progressed to the third round.

After an emotional victory in Belfast last year, Lisowski was knocked out in the second round at the Waterfront Hall after losing 4-1 to Anthony McGill.

Higgins was another high-profile casualty as he fell to a 4-2 defeat by Wales' Jak Jones, while Stuart Bingham also exited after a 4-0 loss to Ka Wai Cheung.

But there was success for Brown, who had beaten friend Mark Allen in an emotional first-round match on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Brown won the final two frames against Michael Holt to prevail 4-3 and set up a third-round encounter with Scott Donaldson.

Wales' Mark Williams defeated Zhang Anda 4-2, while there were also wins for Daniel Wells and David Gilbert on Wednesday.

Second round results - Wednesday, 21 October

Pang Junxu 4-3 Liam Davies

Ka Wai Cheung 4-0 Stuart Bingham

John Higgins 2-4 Jak Jones

Daniel Wells 4-3 Ryan Day

Sam Craigie 4-3 Xu Si

Mark Williams 4-2 Zhang Anda

Scott Donaldson 4-1 Noppon Saengkham

Jordan Brown 4-3 Michael Holt

David Gilbert 4-3 Gao Yang

Luca Brecel v Martin O'Donnell