Mark Selby through to second round of European Masters with impressive win

Selby, who missed the start of the new season with a broken toe and suffered a shock first-round exit at the Yushan World Open, had opened with clearances of 120, 116 and 127 to take control and then wrapped things up with a run of 131.

Earlier, top seed Judd Trump, looking to successful defend his ranking title, coasted through following a 4-1 win over Adam Duffy while Scotland's John Higgins swept past Swiss Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0, which included a break of 131.

Also safely into the second round are Welshman Mark Williams, the two-time world champion, who beat Yan Bingtao of China 4-1, and Stuart Bingham, the number seven seed seeing off Mitchell Mann 4-2 while Anthony McGill edged out Northern Ireland's Joe Swail 4-3.

Elsewhere in Tuesday's evening session, Mark Allen hit the highest break of the tournament so far with a clearance of 145 as he came from 3-1 down to beat Iranian Hossein Vafaei, but world number 17 Ryan Day went out following a 4-2 defeat to Peter Lines.