Yupeng notched his first-ever maximum break in tournament play to win the third frame of his 4-0 victory over Andrew Higginson and become only the third player from mainland China to achieve the feat, following Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo.
The 27-year-old was in devastating form as he reeled off further breaks of 72, 56 and 64 to seal a one-sided victory, with Higginson only managing to score a total of 53 points in the match.
Later, Ronnie O'Sullivan picked up where he left off on Sunday night, racing to a 4-1 victory over Michael Georgiou.
Having swept aside Shaun Murphy in the evening session of the UK Championship final, O'Sullivan showed no signs of a hangover as he signed off with a 136 break to move into round two.
Murphy did, however, struggle to repeat his York form as he slumped to a 4-3 defeat to Daniel Wells.
Next for O'Sullivan is a clash with Robert Milkins, who beat Oliver Lines 4-2 despite a 119 break from the eventual loser.
Ali Carter was a convincing 4-0 victor against Anthony Hamilton, a 125 break in frame two the highlight, while Michael Holt made breaks of 91 and 101 as he thrashed Robbie Williams by the same scoreline.
In the evening, Jimmy White ran out a 4-1 winner over Akani Songsermsawad, the young Thai who took O'Sullivan the distance last week.
Anthony McGill whitewashed Ryan Day in a one-sided 4-0 victory.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 12
Morning session (1000 GMT)
First round (Best of 7 frames)
Coverage: Eurosport Player
- Matthew Selt 2-4 Alan McManus
- Chris Wakelin 4-2 Thor Chuan Leong
- Niu Zhuang 4-3 Wang Yuchen
- Liang Wenbo 4-2 Sanderson Lam
- Lukas Kleckers 0-4 Joe Swail
- Ian Burns 1-4 Tom Ford
- Allan Taylor 4-3 Soheil Vahedi
- Cao Yupeng 4-0 Andrew Higginson
Afternoon session (1300-1630 GMT)
First round (Best of 7 frames)
Coverage: Eurosport Player
- Ali Carter 4-0 Anthony Hamilton
- Ashley Hugill 4-3 Ross Vallance
- Robert Milkins 4-2 Oliver Lines
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Michael Georgiou
- Leo Fernandez 1-4 Hamza Akbar
- Paul S Davison 3-4 Jimmy Robertson
- Alfie Burden 4-2 Ross Muir
- Robbie Williams 0-4 Michael Holt
- Ding Junhui 4-2 Jak Jones
- Matthew Bolton 0-4 Yan Bingtao
- Ken Doherty 1-4 Craig Steadman
- Aditya Mehta 2-4 Peter Ebdon
- Mei Xi Wen 4-0 Kurt Maflin
- Eden Sharav 4-3 Mark Davis
- Mark King 1-4 Zhang Anda
- Kyren Wilson 4-2 Chen Zhe
- Shaun Murphy 3-4 Daniel Wells
Evening session (1900-2000 GMT)
First round (Best of 7 frames)
Coverage: Eurosport Player
- Neil Robertson 4-0 Rod Lawler
- Mark Joyce 4-2 Martin O'Donnell
- Matthew Stevens 1-4 Hammad Miah
- Jimmy White 4-1 Akani Songsermsawad
- Rhys Clark 2-4 Elliot Slessor
- Anthony McGill 4-0 Ryan Day
- Mark Allen 3-4 Ben Woollaston
- Joe Perry 4-2 Chen Zifan
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