Ronnie O'Sullivan eased through the opening round of the Ladbrokes Players Championship with a 5-1 win over Liang Wenbo in Llandudno.
The five-time world champion never looked back from an opening break of 72, going into the interval 3-1 up after a run of 118 and quickly finishing off his opponent on resumption with breaks of 101 and 71.
The five-times world champion will meet Judd Trump or Mark King in the quarter-finals at Venue Cymru.
"It's a nice event, but I've got to get out of Llandudno for a few days. It's a bit windy, there's not much to do around here," said O'Sullivan on ITV4.
It was a similar story for Anthony Hamilton, who knocked out fourth seed Stuart Bingham.
Hamilton, recent winner of the German Masters, reeled off a 131-break first up on his way to a 5-1 victory.
Further breaks of 105 and 59 to secure a meeting in the last eight with Ding Junhui or John Higgins.
The 16-man tournament, with a £125,000 first prize, is the penultimate event before the seeding cut-off falls for the World Championship.
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