Neil Robertson superior to the venue levels of the Wuhan Open after a snug 5-0 defeat of Ken Doherty within the qualifiers on Tuesday.
After a prolonged tactical battle on the finish of the primary body, Robertson potted pink and black to grab an early lead.
From then on, the Australian managed the competition and compiled breaks of 55, 101, 91, and 80 within the following 4 frames.
It has been a constructive begin to the 2024/25 snooker season for Robertson, who ended the final marketing campaign outdoors the world’s high 16 and with out a spot within the World Championship.
Many anticipate the 42 year-old to bounce again this time period, and it’s a case of thus far so good with two qualifying victories from two.
He was additionally undefeated within the season-opening Championship League Snooker however was pressured to withdraw from that following a scheduling mishap.
World primary Mark Allen was among the many different gamers who progressed within the Wuhan Open.
Regardless of his esteemed rating, the Antrim man’s round-of-128 match was considerably surprisingly not chosen as one of many a number of held over to the primary levels in October.
Nonetheless, Allen made mild work of his conflict with Bai Yulu – beating the reigning girls’s world snooker champion 5-1 with a excessive contribution of 102.
Jack Lisowski additionally made it by way of courtesy of a 5-2 overcome Liam Graham.
Like Robertson, Lisowski has endured a tough spell of kind that has seen the gifted Cheltenham cueist drop outdoors the highest 16.
There have been victories elsewhere for World Championship finalist Jak Jones, his fellow Welshman Jackson Web page, and veteran Mark Davis.
Marco Fu rolled again the years, in the meantime, with a advantageous 5-1 success in opposition to Zhou Yuelong that included a 105 break and three extra above 50.
Xiao Guodong, Jimmy Robertson, Louis Heathcote, Stan Moody, and Andrew Pagett had been the others to document wins.
With the preliminary section for the Wuhan Open over, it’s on to the following batch of qualifiers on the Mattioli Area.
On Wednesday, Lisowski and Si Jiahui are among the many higher-profile names again in motion.
2024 Wuhan Open draw
Spherical of 128 (bo9)
High Half
Judd Trump vs Antoni Kowalski (Oct 6)
He Guoqiang 5-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Anthony McGill 5-3 Simon Blackwell
Mostafa Dorgham 5-4 Ricky Walden
John Higgins 5-1 Ben Mertens
Fan Zhengyi 5-0 Mink Nutcharut
Robert Milkins 5-1 Farakh Ajaib
Zak Surety 5-1 Scott Donaldson
Haris Tahir 5-3 Jamie Jones
Chris Wakelin 5-1 Ma Hailong
David Lilley 5-1 Mohammed Shehab
Allan Taylor 5-0 Joshua Thomand
Yuan Sijun vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Xing Zihao 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Xu Si 5-1 Ian Burns
Ding Junhui vs Robbie McGuigan (Oct 6)
Robbie O’Sullivan vs Mitchell Mann (Oct 6)
Sanderson Lam 5-3 Huang Jiahao
Hammad Miah 5-3 Joe O’Connor
Robbie Williams 5-4 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Zhang Anda vs Dean Younger (Oct 6)
Graeme Dott 5-2 Julien Leclercq
Hossein Vafaei 5-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Jordan Brown vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Daniel Womersley 5-4 Joe Perry
Si Jiahui 5-3 Gong Chenzhi
Martin O’Donnell vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Sunny Akani 5-2 Tom Ford
Matthew Selt 5-2 Liam Pullen
Pang Junxu 5-2 Révész Bulcsú
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 David Grace
Duane Jones 5-4 Luca Brecel
Backside Half
Mark Allen 5-1 Bai Yulu
Jamie Clarke 5-4 Alfie Burden
Cheung Ka Wai 5-4 Stephen Maguire
Wu Yize 5-1 Rory Thor
Jak Jones 5-3 Ross Muir
Tian Pengfei 5-3 Andrew Higginson
Jack Lisowski 5-2 Liam Graham
Iulian Boiko 5-4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Elliot Slessor 5-3 Artemijs Zizins
David Gilbert vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Ben Woollaston 5-1 Oliver Strains
Gary Wilson 5-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Jackson Web page 5-3 Lei Peifan
Neil Robertson 5-0 Ken Doherty
Dylan Emery 5-1 Lim Kok Leong
Lengthy Zehuang 5-4 Mark Selby
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Michael Holt
Anthony Hamilton 5-4 Reanne Evans
Noppon Saengkham 5-1 Daniel Wells
Jimmy White 5-3 Dominic Dale
Ali Carter 5-3 Wang Yuchen
Mark Davis 5-3 Chris Totten
Marco Fu 5-1 Zhou Yuelong
Louis Heathcote 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stan Moody 5-2 Matthew Stevens
Ryan Day 5-3 Lui Hongyu
Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Amir Sarkhosh
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Jiang Jun
Xiao Guodong 5-1 Haydon Pinhey
Andrew Pagett 5-1 Lyu Haotian
Aaron Hill 5-2 Ashley Carty
Kyren Wilson vs Liam Davies (Oct 6)
Featured photograph credit score: WST