Carter sent packing from German Masters

The world number 17 was ousted from the tournament by Dechawat Poomjaeng, who posted a 5-4 victory to progress to the second round.

Thai Poomjaeng, ranked 60th after December's UK Championship, will next play China's Xiao Guodong, a 5-1 winner against veteran Jimmy White.

Former world champion Steve Davis was also sent packing, the 56-year-old falling to a 5-2 defeat against Dominic Dale, but there was better news for another former world number one, John Higgins, who saw off Gerard Greene 5-2.

Current top dog in the world of snooker Neil Robertson had no problems in his opening match as the Australian downed Liu Chang 5-1 while Mark Selby, who trails Robertson at the top of the rankings, eased past Jimmy Robertson 5-1.

There were also wins for third-ranked Ding Junhui and Barry Hawkins.

The 2014 German Masters runs all week with the final to be played on Sunday.

Dominic Dale 5-2 Steve Davis

John Higgins 5-2 Gerard Greene

Anthony McGill 5-3 Mark Allen

Joe Perry 5-2 Luca Brecel

Neil Robertson 5-1 Liu Chuang

Tang Pengfei 5-3 Andrew Higginson

Alan McManus 4-2 Peter Ebdon

Jack Lisowski 5-0 Thepchaiya Un Nooh

Peter Lines 5-3 Stuart Bingham

Anthony Hamilton 5-2 Michael White

Ding Junhui 5-1 Mike Dunn

Mark Williams 5-1 David Morris

Kurt Maflin 5-2 Tom Ford

Mark Selby 5-1 Jimmy Robertson

Mark Davis 5-3 David Gilbert

Graeme Dott 5-1 Ben Woollaston

Dechawat Poomjaeng 5-4 Ali Carter

Xiao Guodong 5-1 Jimmy White

Jamie Burnett 5-2 Ratchayothin Yotharuck

Joel Walker 5-4 Aditya Mehta

Ryan Day w/o Cao Xinlong

Barry Hawkins 5-3 Li Hang

Rod Lawler 5-1 Marcus Campbell

Paul S Davison 5-2 Marco Fu