Here are WST reports on what happened in Wuhan yesterday:
WUHAN OPEN DAY ONE AFTERNOON ROUNDUP
Defending champion Judd Trump got his Wuhan Open campaign underway with a 5-1 win over Polish rookie Antoni Kowalski.
The Ace in the Pack claimed the crown 12 months ago in the World Snooker Tour’s inaugural trip to Wuhan. He defeated Ali Carter 10-7 in the final to capture the title.
That triumph came in the middle of a sequence of three wins in back-to-back weeks. Trump also secured silverware and the English and Northern Ireland Opens.
Trump has been in blistering form so far this season, having won the Shanghai Masters and Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters, as well as making the final of the Xi’an Grand Prix.
A brilliant display this morning saw world number one Trump craft breaks of 101, 105 and 123 on his way to victory. Next up he faces last season’s Rookie of the Year He Guoqiang.
Trump said: “I was really happy with my performance and delighted that there was a very good crowd. I’m pleased to get through.
“It was a quick win and when you are in the first rounds you want to get through as easily as possible, the tournament is very long. It is just about playing comfortably in the first few games.”
Jackson Page scored a shock 5-1 win over recent English Open champion Neil Robertson to make the last 32.
Page came into today having been defeated by 24-time ranking event winner Robertson in their only previous meetings, losing at the English Open this season and the Welsh Open last season. He got his revenge this afternoon.
The Welshman has enjoyed success in China before. Page beat the likes of John Higgins in a run to the semi-finals of the World Open in Yushan, where he eventually bowed out against Trump.
Breaks of 50 and 102 helped Page to the win this afternoon. He now faces Long Zehuang, who defeated Dylan Emery 5-2.
“I’ve lost to Neil a couple of times. I knew it was going to be a tough game and I needed to get my own back on him,” said 23-year-old Page.
“That week in Yushan changed my career. I was looking like I could have fallen off tour. I managed to get to the semi-finals and then made the final of the Championship League this season. I’ve lost a couple since then and it is up and down. Hopefully with a nice win there I can get the confidence back.”
Barry Hawkins fired in a break of 100 on his way to a 5-3 win over Jimmy Robertson. He now faces 18-year-old star Stan Moody, who earned a narrow 5-4 win against Ryan Day.
David Lilley top scored with 124 in a tense 5-4 win over Allan Taylor, while Chris Wakelin thrashed Haris Tahir 5-1.
WUHAN OPEN DAY ONE EVENING ROUNDUP
World Champion Kyren Wilson scored a strong 5-1 defeat of Welsh 18-year-old Liam Davies to progress at the Wuhan Open.
It was a fine display from the Warrior, who fired in breaks of 109, 73, 72 and 123 on his way to victory. Wilson now faces Ireland’s Aaron Hill.
The Englishman has enjoyed a fine start to his reign as Crucible king having secured silverware already at the Xi’an Grand Prix, where he defeated Trump in the final.
That was his first win in China since his maiden ranking crown at the 2015 Shanghai Masters. After starting work with hypnotherapist Chris O’Connor to improve his sleep patterns last season, Wilson believes this has helped him deal with the jet lag factor when competing in Asia.
“First round matches are always a potential banana skin. Liam is a good up and coming player from Wales and I’m glad to see him on tour as he has been close for a few years. I knew I had to start well and I made a century in the first frame to hit the ground running,” said 32-year-old Wilson.
“I would say to players like Liam to enjoy the experience, especially when he is young. The key is to be resilient. That is how I saw it when I was young. I just wanted to gun for the top players. Take the bull by the horns and go for it.
“I’ve been doing Zoom sessions with Chris O’Connor while I’ve been out here. It is hard to manage the time difference, but we’ve found a way. It is not the only reason I’ve been doing well but you need to prepare properly, find a good sleep pattern and get over the jet lag as quickly as possible.”
Chinese superstar Ding Junhui recovered an early deficit to beat Northern Irish rookie Robbie McGuigan 5-2.
A break of 84 in the second frame gave McGuigan a 2-0 lead in what was his first appearance in China since turning professional.
However, Ding made two contributions of 68 and a 93 on his way to five in a row and victory. Next up the 14-time ranking event winner plays compatriot Xu Si.
Ali Carter claimed the last three frames to edge out Mark Davis 5-4. That sets up a meeting with Marco Fu, who beat Louis Heathcote 5-1.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org
Obviously, it’s impossible to watch all the matches1, so I can only comment on a few.
Judd Trump played well, he scored heavily when in, but I have seen him play better. That said he didn’t need to play better. His young opponent, Antoni Kowalski doesn’t lack self-belief, but yesterday’s match may have shown him that he’s not that close to the top level just yet.
Robbie McGuigan impressed me more. The way he started his match against Ding in front of a partisan2 but fair crowd was impressive. The 84 he made in the second frame was a beautiful break. Ding, at times, has appeared to give up when things weren’t going his way, but there was no sign of of that yesterday and once he got going, he was impressive.
Jack Lisowski was in the mood … reminding us what a phenomenal scorer he is when on form. Yesterday he outplayed Iulian Boiko. Jack had a break over 50 in every of the 5 frames he won, and finished the match with two centuries. Iulian himself got a break of 61 in the only frame he won.
Jackson Page played very well in trashing Neil Robertson. Neil scored the highest break of the match, a 118, in the only frame he won. But other than that made far too many mistakes, allowing Jackson in. Neil had said recently that he was playing the best snooker he’s ever played. I’m not sure about that, and he certainly didn’t yesterday.
Now something unrelated to the actual action yesterday. Mark Allen withdrew on October 2. WST couldn’t find a replacement. David Gilbert withdrew on October 4, WST couldn’t find a replacement. Ronnie also withdrew on October 4 and he was replaced by Mark Joyce, who made the most of it as he won yesterday. I can’t help but find this sequence of events very strange … unless Ronnie had informed WST before October 2 and they kept it under wraps3?
Ronnie O'Sullivan 
Jackson Page scored a shock win, Monique.
Mark Allen had already played a qualifying match in July for this event, and was into round 2. Of course he couldn’t be replaced in round 2, so Jamie Clarke got a bye.
Ronnie’s match was held-over.
Point taken.