Davis and White bow out

It was a desperate day for legend Davis, who was comprehensively thrashed 5-0 by Michael Wild.

The veteran former world champion could not find any rhythm in the match as Wild swept to a convincing win with consummate ease.

And fellow veteran White withdrew from the qualifiers to hand his opponent Liam Highfield a walkover into the next round.

Cao Yupeng continued his impressive run as he beat Mike Dunn 5-2 in the third round.

The Chinese player, whose victory over Mark Allen at the World Snooker Championships in the Steel City last month led to the Northern Irishman picking up a £10,000 fine for branding Yupeng a “cheat”, thrived in his third-round encounter.

Dunn could only muster two frames in response as Yupeng stormed through to the next round with real confidence after an emphatic win.

Matthew Selt overcame a tough resistance from Thepchaiya Un-Nooh to win their third-round match 5-3.

Selt started the match brilliantly, but Un-Nooh responded to ensure a hard-fought encounter.

But the Romford man hit back once more to take victory and seal his progression.

Michael White was another winner on Thursday as he comfortably disposed of Mitchell Mann with a 5-2 victory.

Xiao Guodong was victorious in his match against Kurt Maflin, taking it 5-4; meanwhile, Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon beat Peter Lines by the same scoreline.

In the afternoon session, nip-and-tuck clashes saw Dave Harold edge Sam Baird and James Wattana shade Jimmy Robertson, both by 5-4 margins.

In the evening session, Alan McManus brought Tony Drago's run to an end with a narrow 5-4 win while BenWoollaston was bounced out 5-1 by Barry Pinches.

Liu Chuang advanced to the final round of qualifying with a 5-2 win over Pankaj Advani and there were also victories for Gerard Greene and David Gilbert.

Matthew Selt 5-3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Michael White 5-2 Mitchell Mann

Xiao Guodong 5-4 Kurt Maflin

Peter Lines 4-5 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon

Steve Davis 0-5 Michael Wild

Mike Dunn 2-5 Cao Yupeng

Dave Harold 5-4 Sam Baird

Nigel Bond 5-2 Michael Wasley

Anthony McGill 5-3 Dechewat Poomjaeng

Jimmy Robertson 4-5 James Wattana

Jimmy White v Liam Highfield w/o

Alan McManus 5-4 Tony Drago

Ben Woollaston 1-5 Barry Pinches

Liu Chuang 5-2 Pankaj Advani

Gerard Greene 5-3 Rod Lawler

David Gilbert 5-0 Martin O'Donnell