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Daniel Wells was among those to advance through to the second round of Grand Prix qualifying in Prestatyn with the Welshman right at home in beating Sam Baird 5-2.

The 21-year-old Neath-born player outclassed Baird, and closed out the match with a commanding break of 102 and in the process set up a second-round clash with Norwich's Barry Pinches.

Joe Jogia beat Xiao Guodong 5-1 with an imperious break of 137 to finish with a real flourish, while Michael White overcame Noppadol Sangnil by the same margin.

Matthew Selt endured an arduous battle with Jordan Brown with the Romford player eventually defeating his obdurate opponent 5-4, while Matthew Couch beat Jimmy Robertson 5-1.

James Wattana was a first-round casualty at the hands of Stephen Rowlings, going down 5-1, but Tony Drago hit form to beat Lee Page by the same score.

David Gray completed a 5-0 whitewash in his match against Lee Spink, as did Patrick Wallace against Mei Xiwen.

The other players to advance through to the second round of qualifying were: Andrew Norman, Li Hang, Bjorn Haneveer, Thepchaiya Un Nooh, Mark Boyle, Simon Bedford and Anda Zhang.

Results:

Chris Norbury 2-5 Andrew Norman

Li Hang 5-4 Brendan O'Donoghue

Patrick Wallace 5-0 Mei Xiwen

Bjorn Haneveer 5-2 Ian Preece

Xiao Guodong 1-5 Joe Jogia

Lee Page 1-5 Tony Drago

Lee Spick 0-5 David Gray

Matthew Couch 5-1 Jimmy Robertson

Noppadol Sangnil 1-5 Michael White

Atthasit Mahitthi 4-5 Thepchaiya Un Nooh

Daniel Wells 5-2 Sam Baird

Stephen Rowlings 5-1 James Wattana

Craig Steadman 4-5 Mark Boyle

Simon Bedford 5-4 David Hogan

Matthew Selt 5-4 Jordan Brown

Ben Woollaston 3-5 Anda Zhang

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