Jimmy White superior to the second spherical of the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters as the brand new profitable match commenced on Friday.
The 62 year-old compiled a excessive break of 67 as he overcame Mohamed Shehab with a 4-2 scoreline on the Inexperienced Halls in Riyadh.
White performs Andrew Higginson subsequent and is already assured £4,000 from the occasion which boasts a complete prize fund of over £2.3 million.
It was a busy opening day of motion because the gamers seeded from 81 to 144 within the Saudi Masters draw first entered the fray.
There have been 17 beginner wildcards from the Center East area who have been invited to take part, with just one managing to safe victory.
Egypt’s Mohamed Elkhayat fought again from 3-1 behind to disclaim Thailand’s Baipat Siripaporn her maiden win as knowledgeable.
Siripaporn’s countrywoman Mink Nutcharut did take pleasure in success, nonetheless, courtesy of a 4-1 defeat of Kusai Hamed.
Among the many others to qualify for the subsequent spherical have been children Stan Moody, Liam Graham, Bulcsú Revesz, Antoni Kowalski, and Liam Davies.
The latter wanted all seven frames however finally outlasted former world champion Ken Doherty in a deciding body, compiling breaks of 121, 84, and 53.
Former rating occasion winner Michael Holt additionally progressed to arrange a gathering in opposition to Liu Hongyu.
On Saturday, the second spherical will happen with the contenders seeded from 49 to 80 becoming a member of the motion.
The Saudi Masters draw takes on the same outlook to those adopted for each the World and UK Championships.
Gamers enter in staggered rounds primarily based on their rating, with the highest 16 seeded by to the final 32 of the competitors.
Meaning the likes of world champion Kyren Wilson, world primary Judd Trump, and pre-tournament favorite Ronnie O’Sullivan will first play on Tuesday.
Friday’s Outcomes
Rory Thor 4-0 Omar Alajlani
Baipat Siripaporn 3-4 Mohamed Elkhayat
Chris Totten 4-2 Haris Tahir
Michael Holt 4-0 Ahmad Abul
Mink Nutcharut 4-1 Kusai Hamed
Reanne Evans 0-4 Simon Blackwell
Artemijs Zizins w/o Lim Kok Leong
Robbie McGuigan 4-3 Abdulraouf Saigh
Liam Graham 4-0 Ali Hussain Ali
Oliver Traces 4-0 Faisal Bahashwan
Cheung Ka Wai 4-1 Joshua Thomand
Lei Peifan 4-2 Bai Yulu
Allan Taylor 4-2 Adeel Aqdus
Farakh Ajaib 4-0 Haitham Al Mahri
Julien Leclercq 4-2 Dylan Emery
Jimmy White 4-2 Mohamed Shehab
Andrew Pagett 4-2 Wang Yuchen
Huang Jiahao 4-0 Ahmed Elsayed
Ben Mertens 4-0 Abdullah Alotayyani
Antoni Kowalski 4-1 Habib Sabah
Gong Chenzhi 4-0 Ali Jalil Ali
Mitchell Mann 3-4 Paul Deaville
Bulcsú Révész 4-2 Iulian Boiko
Dean Younger 4-0 Saleh Alamoudi
Mostafa Dorgham 1-4 Jonas Luz
Haydon Pinhey 4-0 Ayman Alamri
Manasawin Phetmalaikul 0-4 Amir Sarkhosh
Zak Surety 4-0 Ali Alobaidli
Duane Jones 4-1 Khalid Alkamali
Liam Davies 4-3 Ken Doherty
Kreishh Gurbaxani 0-4 Sunny Akani
Stan Moody 4-0 Ziyad Alqabbani
Saturday’s matches
12pm UTC+1
Hammad Miah vs Rory Thor
Jimmy Robertson vs Mohamed Elkhayet
Ashley Carty vs Chris Totten
Liu Hongyu vs Michael Holt
Anthony Hamilton vs Mink Nutcharut
Xing Zihao vs Simon Blackwell
Xu Si vs Artemijs Zizins
Ma Hailong vs Robbie McGuigan
Not earlier than 1pm UTC+1
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Liam Graham
Ben Woollaston vs Oliver Traces
Louis Heathcote vs Cheung Ka Wai
Jamie Clarke vs Lei Peifan
Aaron Hill vs Allan Taylor
Stuart Carrington vs Farakh Ajaib
Graeme Dott vs Julien Leclercq
Andrew Higginson vs Jimmy White
6pm UTC+1
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Andrew Pagett
Martin O’Donnell vs Huang Jiahao
Lengthy Zehuang vs Ben Mertens
He Guoqiang vs Antoni Kowalski
David Grace vs Gong Chenzhi
Ian Burns vs Paul Deaville
Mark Davis vs Bulcsú Révész
Alfie Burden vs Dean Younger
Not earlier than 7pm UTC+1
Jiang Jun vs Jonas Luz
David Lilley vs Haydon Pinhey
Ross Muir vs Amir Sarkhosh
Sanderson Lam vs Zak Surety
Daniel Wells vs Duane Jones
Marco Fu vs Liam Davies
Tian Pengfei vs Sunny Akani
Liam Pullen vs Stan Moody
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