European Masters: Neil Robertson survives scare, Judd Trump cruises past 14-year-old Iulian Boiko
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Updated 22/09/2020 at 07:22 GMT
The top 49 players in the world are confirmed for the second ranking event of the season chasing an £80,000 first prize. World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his season against world number 56 Daniel Wells in the European Masters live on Eurosport at 7pm on Tuesday 22 September in Milton Keynes.
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Defending champion Neil Robertson recovered from 3-1 behind to beat Sunny Akani 5-3 in the opening round of the European Masters in Milton Keynes.
Robertson looked to be in trouble as Akani started brightly, with a break of 132 helping him open up a strong lead.
But the world No 3 eventually found his rhythm and won four frames in a row to reach the second round.
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Akani makes 132 total clearance
World No 1 Judd Trump started his campaign with a 5-0 win over Ukrainian 15-year-old Iulian Boiko.
Trump made breaks of 74 and 105 while Boiko - who celebrates his 15th birthday on Tuesday - was only able to score 44 points over the five frames.
Martin Gould beat world No 7 John Higgins 5-4 in a high-quality contest.
Gould made five 50-plus breaks while Higgins made four, but Gould won the last two frames of the match to clinch his place in the next round.
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Balls congregate around pocket during Higgins v Gould
Mark Williams shot out the blocks as three centuries saw him brush Ashley Hugill aside.
A month on from his quarter-final departure at the World Championship, Williams began the season with a 5-0 whitewash of Hugill.
The world No 10 started with a 121 in the first frame, with a 101 following in the third before he closed out the match with a 138.
World Championship runner-up Kyren Wilson breezed into the second round with a 5-1 win over Lee Walker.
Kurt Maflin lost 5-3 to Martin O'Donnell while Luca Brecel was a 5-0 winner against Steven Hallworth.
World No 14 Jack Lisowski battled through to the second round after edging Brian Ochoiski in a final-frame decider.
Lisowski led 2-1 but then trailed both 3-2 and 4-3 before winning the final two frames, taking the decider 67-29.
Ali Carter advanced 5-2 against Rory McLeod, who had knocked in 132 to level at 1-1 before his opponent reeled off four of the next five frames.
Ben Woollaston beat Sam Craigie 5-3, while Peter Devlin won by the same scoreline against Zak Surety.
Jimmy White lost the last three frames as he was beaten 5-4 by Ian Burns.
Germany's Lukas Kleckers has booked himself in for a clash with Trump on his return to the tour after beating Mark Joyce 5-3.
Michael Holt defeats Anthony Hamilton 5-3. Hamilton closed the gap to 4-3 before Holt took victory in the eighth in the all-Nottingham clash.
Monday 21 September results
Morning
- Sam Craigie 3-5 Ben Woollaston
- JackLisowski 5-4 Brian Ochoiski
- JacksonPage 5-1 Billy Joe Castle
- AliCarter 5-2 Rory McLeod
- MarkWilliams 5-0 Ashley Hugill
- Zak Surety 3-5 PeterDevlin
- ScottDonaldson 5-2 Mitchell Mann
- Lei Peifan 3-5 JoeO'Connor
Afternoon
- Neil Robertson 5-3 Sunny Akani
- Riley Parsons 5-4 Soheil Vahedi
- Noppon Saengkham 4-5 Allan Taylor
- Steven Hallworth 0-5 Luca Brecel
- David Grace 5-2 Lu Ning
- Kurt Maflin 3-5 Martin O'Donnell
- Fergal O'Brien 2-5 Chris Wakelin
- Kyren Wilson 5-1 Lee Walker
Evening
- Judd Trump 5-0 Iulian Boiko
- Lukas Kleckers 5-3 Mark Joyce
- Michael Holt 5-3 Anthony Hamilton
- Jamie Jones 5-1 Dominic Dale
- John Higgins 4-5 Martin Gould
- Ian Burns 5-4 Jimmy White
- Matthew Selt 5-3 Li Hang
- Jamie Clarke 5-3 Ricky Walden
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