UK Championship snooker 2020 - Matthew Selt makes five centuries in win over Amine Amiri

ByJames Walker-Roberts

Updated 26/11/2020 at 23:04 GMT

Matthew Selt made a stunning start at the UK Championship as he hit five centuries in a whitewash victory. Former finalist Mark Allen had no trouble reaching the second round as he won 6-1 against Jamie Wilson while defending champion Ding Junhui opened with a 6-1 win over Jamie Curtis-Barrett and Alexander Ursenbacher set up a meeting with Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Matthew Selt became only the third player in history to make five centuries in a best-of-11 match as he made a dream start to his UK Championship campaign.

Selt won 6-0 against Amine Amiri and started with breaks of 138 and 131 before following up with 100, 111 and 102 in the final three frames.

Fergal O'Brien and Judd Trump are the only other players to have made five centuries in a best-of-11 match.

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Mark Allen made a strong start as he eased to a 6-1 win over 17-year-old Jamie Wilson.

Two-time finalist Allen lost the first frame of the match but won the next six to reach the second round. Allen made breaks of 132, 85 and 51 to set up a meeting with Chang Bingyu.

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Alexander Ursenbacher beat Nigel Bond 6-3 to set up a meeting with Ronnie O’Sullivan, who he beat at the Welsh Open last year.

“I was looking forward to it, that’s another reason why I really wanted to win today,” Ursenbacher told World Snooker Tour.

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“Last time we played at the Welsh Open best of seven I won 4-2 because he missed a few, but this will really show me where my game is at.”

Defending champion Ding Junhui opened with a 6-1 win over Jamie Curtis-Barrett.

Mark Joyce won 6-1 against Eden Sharav while Chinese trio Liang Wenbo, Xiao Guodong and Tian Pengfei all enjoyed comfortable first-round wins.

Scottish Open finalist Jack Lisowski won 6-2 against Farakh Ajaib 6-2.

Thursday, 26 November

Morning (9am)

• Xiao Guodong 6-1 Brandon Sargeant
• Tian Pengfei 6-0 Jamie O'Neill
• Mark Allen 6-1 Jamie Wilson
• Liang Wenbo 6-3 Allan Taylor
• Mark Joyce 6-1 Eden Sharav
• Alexander Ursenbacher 6-3 Nigel Bond

Afternoon (2pm)

• Ding Junhui 6-1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
• Jack Lisowski 6-2 Farakh Ajaib
• Matthew Selt 6-0 Amine Amiri
• Lu Ning 6-4 Ken Doherty
• Stuart Carrington 6-5 Barry Pinches

Evening (7pm)

• Anthony McGill v Steven Hallworth
• Judd Trump 6-1 Paul S Davison
• Kurt Maflin 6-3 Aaron Hill
• Elliot Slessor v Mitchell Mann
• Jimmy Robertson 5-6 Igor Figueiredo

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