White on course

The 'Whirlwind' will now face Jimmy Robertson, who beat Igor Figueiredo by the same scoreline, in the second round with a match against Judd Trump awaiting the winner.

Jamie Burnett hit two centuries as he edged James Wattana 5-4 to set up a meeting with Liu Song, who overcame Bjorn Haneveer 5-3.

Also successfully through to the second round were Tony Drago, Nigel Bonds and Adam Wicheard.

The German Masters run from February 2 to 6 at the Tempodrom in Berlin.

Rod Lawler 2-5 Simon Bedford

Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Igor Figueiredo

Tony Drago 5-4 Kuldesh Johal

Ian McCulloch 5-1 Issara Kachaiwong

Andy Hicks 5-1 Paul Davison

Barry Pinches 4-5 Kyren Wilson

Jamie Burnett 5-4 James Wattana

Bjorn Haneveer 3-5 Liu Song

Jimmy White 5-2 Liam Highfield

Nigel Bonds 5-0 Reanne Evans

Fergal O'Brien 2-5 Adam Wicheard

Alfie Burdens 5-2 Zhang Anda

Jack Lisowski 5-2 James McBain

Patrick Wallace 0-5 Thanawat Thirapongpa