The last man through to the second round is Dominic Dale who beat the seeded Mark Davis 10-5. Ever the extrovert Dale, was sporting a pair of zebra-striped shoes, and won the first two frames of the second session to go within a frame of victory. Sussex’s Davis was not ready to throw in the towel and hit runs of 69, 61 and 42 to close to 9-5 but Dale clinched an all-important 16th with a break of 57.
Elsewhere in the second round, Joe Perry played excellently as he leads defending champion 5-3. Cambridge’s Perry won four of the first five with top breaks of 57 and 82 although O’Sullivan hit back winning the sixth and seventh with efforts of 117 and 75. However it was Perry who finished the better to ensure an end of session lead with a break of 99 in the eighth.
And a five frame rampage from Mark Selby helped him to a 5-3 lead over Ali Carter. The Captain won the opener with a 102 but Selby won the next five without reply with top runs of 84, 50 and 58. But Carter managed to stop the rot and took seven and eight, the latter with a 110 break, to trail by just two.
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