European Masters: Ding Junhui, Graeme Dott, Ken Doherty, Judd Trump win

ByEurosport

Updated 23/09/2020 at 21:57 GMT

The top 49 players in the world were confirmed for the second ranking event of the season chasing an £80,000 first prize. Five competitors have had to withdraw from the event due to Covid-19.

Ding Junhui

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Ding Junhui, Graeme Dott and Ken Doherty all breezed through to the last 64 of the European Masters in Milton Keynes with 5-0 wins.

Dott made five 50-plus breaks to ease past Xu Si while Doherty made a 134, his highest break since 2016, as he beat Farakh Ajaib.

World No 1 Judd Trump made light work of Lukas Kleckers, winning 5-1 with the help of a 132 break in the second frame.

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Mark Allen made three century breaks in his 5-2 win over Florian Nussle.

Allen hit 135, 104 and 114 while 18-year-old Nussle hit his first televised century (102) in defeat.

Barry Hawkins is through to the last 64 after comfortably beating China's Fan Zhengyi 5-1.

Hawkins closed out the commanding victory with breaks of 61, 54, 83 and 99 to sweep aside his 19-year-old opponent.

He will now face Jordan Brown in Round 2 after he beat world number 91 Gerard Greene 5-2 in an all-Northern Irish clash.

Yan Bingtao won 5-3 against Ryan Day while Luca Brecel eased to a 5-1 victory over Ali Carter.

Reigning Masters champion Stuart Bingham is also through after beating world number 82 Louis Heathcoate 5-3.

The 2015 world champion was leading the rookie of the year 3-1 at the interval.

Heathcote pulled a frame back to reduce the deficit to just one but Bingham reasserted his control as he made a century and two 50+ breaks en route to the next round.

Liam Highfield produced a surprise 5-4 win over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. The 20-year-old went 4-2 up, but the Thai world number 20 pulled two back to force a decider which Highfield emerged victorious from with a break of 50.

Joe Perry fell 5-4 to Robbie Williams having come from 4-1 down to force a decider. Williams sealed his place in the next round with a break of 81 in the final frame.

Pang Junxu, 20, fired in two centuries as he knocked out tour newcomer Ben Hancorn 5-2. Chen Zifan won three consecutive frames to defeat Scottish-Israeli Eden Sharav 5-3 and will face Bingham in the next round.

Having been 3-1 down, Scotland's Fraser Patrick has knocked out world number 54 Tiang Pengfei 5-3.