The 2022 Welsh Open continued on Tuesday with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump in motion in Newport.
In the one remaining held-over encounter from the preliminary spherical, O’Sullivan simply overcame beginner top-up James Cahill with a 4-0 scoreline.
Simply a few days after his 10-9 defeat to Fan Zhengyi within the European Masters remaining, the Rocket compiled breaks of 90, 83, and 53 to arrange a gathering with Lukas Kleckers.
A busy day of motion elsewhere noticed the opposite contenders competing within the spherical of 64, with Trump contributing a brace of century breaks in a 4-1 defeat of Craig Steadman.
It has been a quiet spell for the world quantity three, who shall be trying to rediscover his prime type forward of an essential interval of the marketing campaign.
Neil Robertson and John Higgins additionally managed to achieve the final 32 after complete victories over Hammad Miah and Soheil Vahedi respectively.
Like Trump, Robertson and Higgins – who boast seven Welsh Open titles between them – compiled two tons every in dominant shows.
Ding Junhui went one higher, firing in a hat-trick of hundred-plus breaks in his 4-1 beating of Michael Holt, whereas Ali Carter was one other former champion to make it by way of after overcoming Ng On Yee.
In the meantime, Northern Eire Open champion Allen superior after a 4-0 whitewash win in opposition to Iulian Boiko, Jack Lisowski got here from behind to disclaim Chris Wakelin, and Hossein Vafaei pipped Robbie Williams in a decider.
However residence favorite and two-time former Welsh Open champion Mark Williams crashed out of the 2022 version following a 4-3 reverse to Kurt Maflin.
The in-form Liang Wenbo was crushed by Ben Woollaston by the identical slim margin, whereas Fergal O’Brien heaped extra distress on the struggling Thepchaiya Un-Nooh by denying the Thai on the ultimate black.
Joe Perry, Jimmy Robertson, and Yuan Sijun had been additionally taken the space earlier than in the end progressing to the subsequent spherical of the competitors.
Among the many different gamers to stay within the hunt for glory within the final Residence Nations event of this time period had been Matthew Selt, Scott Donaldson, and Mitchell Mann.
On Wednesday, the motion continues with the remaining clashes within the second spherical, earlier than the final 32 commences later within the day.
Final 32 Draw Mitchell Mann vs Lu Ning/Matthew Stevens Zhang Anda vs Yuan Sijun Hossein Vafaei vs Jak Jones/Zhao Xintong Zak Surety/Ryan Day vs Anthony Hamilton/Shaun Murphy Neil Robertson vs Graeme Dott/Jamie Clarke Barry Hawkins/Ashley Carty vs Ben Woollaston Jimmy Robertson vs Fergal O'Brien Si Jiahui vs Judd Trump Ronnie O'Sullivan/Lukas Kleckers vs Ding Junhui Yan Bingtao/Zhao Jianbo vs Ricky Walden/Noppon Saengkham Joe Perry vs Mark Allen Matthew Selt vs Li Grasp/Kyren Wilson John Higgins vs Ali Carter Kurt Maflin vs Scott Donaldson Jack Lisowski vs Elliot Slessor/Stuart Bingham Michael White vs Liam Highfield/Mark Selby
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