Drago will next face Adam Duffy to continue his attempt to make it into the final stages of the tournament.

Young Belgian prospect Luca Brecel also made it through to the second round in style, thrashing Daniel Wells 5-1.

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There was disappointment for China's Zhang Anda, however, who lost 5-3 to Rod Lawler to see his campaign come to a premature end.

Wuxi Classic qualifying first round results:

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-2 Robbie Williams

Aditya Mehta 5-3 Sam Baird

Pankaj Advani 4-5 Chen Zhe

Tony Drago 5-1 Sean O'Sullivan

Luca Brecel 5-1 Daniel Wells

Hossein Vafaei Ayouri v Fraser Patrick w/o

Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 5-3 Ian Burns

Zhang Anda 3-5 Rod Lawler

Tian Pengfei 5-4 Duane Jones

David Grace 2-5 Martin O'Donnell

Ben Judge 1-5 Adrian Gunnell

Michael Leslie 2-5 Paul Davison

Kurt Maflin 5-3 Jamie O'Neill

Cao Yupeng 4-5 Joel Walker

Liam Highfield 4-5 Michael Wasley

Craig Steadman 5-3 Michael Wild

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