Judd Trump claimed he was bored at times during his first round match against Tom Ford, but he eventually progressed as 10-8 winner. Trump was 6-3 up at the start of the second session but Ford won three of the first four to close to 7-6. A break of 72 put Trump 8-6 up but Ford drew level as he knocked in runs of 76 and 56 in the next two frames. This was the point Trump said he became bored, so the Bristolian wrapped up the match by taking the next two frames and will face Ryan Day in the next round.
Last year’s runner-up Barry Hawkins also secured a place in the second round by winning five frames without reply to beat Dave Gilbert 10-4. The Hawk had already won the last three frames in the previous session and he hit top runs of 93, 50, 71 and 53 to secure the win. He’ll face Ricky Walden next in a repeat of one of last year’s semi-finals.
An under-the-weather Mark Allen also won five frames on the bounce as he dumped out Michael Holt 10-4. The Ulsterman won the four scrappy frames before the interval before taking the 14th with a run of 65. After the match he revealed he’s been suffering from food poisoning and had even had blurred vision during the match.
Marco Fu also progressed to the next round be beating Martin Gould 10-7. The Hong Kong man was 6-3 up heading into the session but the first two frames were shared, with Fu making the top breaks of 88 and 116. Gould dug in and took frames 14 and 16 but Fu rattled in a break of 80 to seal the win and he will play Shaun Murphy in the last 16.
World number one Neil Robertson raced to a 7-2 advantage over Wallasey’s Robbie Williams. The Australian hit top breaks of 132 and 103 increasing his century tally to 95 for the season.
Dominic Dale also enjoys a 7-2 advantage in his first round match over Mark Davis – the Welshman with top breaks of 71, 69 and 67.
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