Defending champion Judd Trump stormed into the second round of the China Open with a comfortable 5-1 victory over Ashley Hugill in Beijing.
Trump (pictured) raced out of the blocks with a break of 108 to take the opener before Hugill levelled the scores by sealing the second frame. 'The Ace in the Pack' regained the lead with a run of 105 in the third before cruising through the next three frames to secure a resounding win.
World number one Mark Selby made amends for a slow start in his qualifying match against Adam Stefanow on Monday by steamrolling Alfie Burden 5-0 in just 61 minues, including breaks of 88, 104, 95, 87 and 74.
"I played really well," Selby told worldsnooker.com. "Every time I got a chance I punished Alfie. I could have had four centuries.
"I haven’t played as well in the last few weeks as I did in the first half of the season so it would be nice to have a good run this week.
"The World Championship is less than three weeks away and it’s exciting looking forward to that but I have to focus on the job in hand here in China.”
Home favourite Ding Junhui was in equally dominant form as he dispatched Paul Davison in a 5-0 whitewash which saw the Chinese player record the second highest break of the tournament - 138 - in the fourth frame.
Ronnie O'Sullivan also eased into the second round with a 5-0 triumph against Wales' Gareth Allen.
John Higgins was a 5-3 victor over Ian Burns, Matt Stevens defeated Alan McManus 5-3 and 2016 finalist Ricky Walden beat wild card Niu Zhuang 5-1.
Michael Holt and Kyren Wilson secured 5-3 successes over Jimmy White and Xiao Guodong, respectively, and there were also wins for Martin Gould, Rory McLeod, Dan Wells, Stephen Maguire, Andrew Higginson, Martin O'Donnell and Li Hang.
