 Once at the venue in Haikou, China, Joyce defeated David Morris 5–2 and came back from 4–2 down against last year's World Championship runner-up Barry Hawkins to hit breaks of 65, 68 and 72 to edge him out 5–4.He also fought back in the last 16 as he lost the opening two frames against Kurt Maflin to earn a 5–3 victory.In Joyce's second career ranking event quarter-final he played Marco Fu and was defeated 5–3.