'Mighty Mouse' advances

The Chinese 19-year-old - who came within a frame of defeating seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry at the World Championships last year - will face Alfie Burden in the next round on Friday.

Liu Song and Xiao Guodong also booked their places in the second round - with emphatic victories against Noppon Saengkham and Dermot McGlinchey, respectively - on a successful morning for the Chinese entrants.

Twenty-year-old Liam Highfield was the lone Brit to survive the morning session - defeating fellow Englishman Jamie O'Neill 5-2 - but Scotland's James McBain and England's Kyren Wilson are already assured of their place in the second round after being awarded byes.

Liu Chuang made it a perfect day for China's qualifiers in the afternoon session - beating Welshman Jak Jones 5-3 - and former world number three James Wattana secured a place in the second round of qualifying with a 5-2 victory over Justin Astley in the evening.

Paul Davison needed an extra session on Friday to beat fellow Englishman Adam Wicheard 5-3.

Patrick Wallace 2-5 Zhang Anda

Liu Song 5-1 Noppon Saengkham

Xiao Guodong 5-2 Dermot McGlinchey

Simon Bedford 2-5 Kurt Maflin

Andrew Pagett 2-5 Joe Delaney

Liam Highfield 5-2 Jamie O'Neill

David Morris 4-5 David Gilbert

Liu Chuang 5-3 Jak Jones

Igor Figueiredo 2-5 Kuldesh Johal

Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 1-5 Issara Kachaiwong

James Wattana 5-2 Justin Astley

Ben Woollaston 5-1 Reanne Evans

Paul Davison 5-3 Adam Wicheard

Michael White 5-3 Michael Judge