Selby books last-16 place as Ding, Trump, Robertson and Allen crash out

ByEurosport

Updated 08/08/2018 at 16:21 GMT

Mark Selby was never at his best, but did more than enough to complete a 5-2 win over Welshman Jamie Jones in the last 32 of the Yushan World Open.

Mark Selby

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But there was not much joy for a whole host of other big names on Wednesday with defending champion Ding Junhui losing 5-4 to Robert Milkins, Judd Trump going down 5-3 to Gary Wilson and Neil Robertson suffering a 5-3 defeat to Ricky Walden.

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Masters champions Mark Allen lost 5-1 to Jack Lisowski while Fergal O'Brien won five straight frames in a 5-4 win over Luca Brecel.

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There were no such problems for Selby despite his struggles.

The world number one produced high breaks of only 75 and 52 in a scrappy match that will never be recalled as a classic due to the amount of unforced errors on display.

The key moment came in the sixth frame when world number 39 Jones snookered the three-times world champion on the final red having just contributed 53 to trail 3-2.

Selby did well to hit the red ball with a swerve shot, but was forced to hold his hands up as the red flew into a baulk pocket before he progressed to finish off the frame for a 4-2 lead.

Jones did not contribute a point in the seventh frame with Selby the dominant force to secure a last-16 joust with Noppon Saengkham, who completed a surprise 5-2 win over Ryan Day with a high break of only 53 in the seventh frame.

YUSHAN WORLD OPEN SECOND ROUND RESULTS

Noppon Saengkham 5-2 Ryan Day
David Gilbert 5-3 Ali Carter
Mark Selby 5-2 Jamie Jones
Kyren Wilson 5-3 Harvey Chandler
Xiao Guodong 5-0 Jak Jones
Mark Williams 5-2 Ben Wooollaston
Barry Hawkins 5-2 Michael Holt
Jacki Lisowski 5-1 Mark Allen
Anthony Hamilton 5-4 Mel Xiwen
Fergal O'Brien 5-4 Luca Brecel
Noppon Saengkham 5-2 Ryan Day
David Gilbert 5-3 Ali Carter
Rob Milkins 5-4 Ding Junhui
Matthew Selt 5-3 Yan Bingtao
Marco Fu 5-4 Andrew Higginson
Joe Perry v Stephen Maguire

Last 16 draw

Selby v Saengkham
Gudong v Hamilton
Wilson v Lisowski
Perry v Williams
Milkins v Fu
Gilbert v Walden
Hawkins v Selt
O'Brien v Wilson

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