Williams beat David Grace 5-2 but three more qualifying matches stand between him and a place in the event proper which begins in China on February 25.
Results:
Robbie Williams 5-2 David Grace
Scott Donaldson 5-4 Aditya Mehta
Liam Highfield 5-2 Daniel Wells
Tian Pengfei 5-3 Passakorn Suwannawat
Michael Leslie 5-3 Michael Wasley
Chen Zhe 5-1 Gareth Allen
Li Yan 1-5 Duane Jones
Kurt Maflin 3-5 Martin O’Donnell
Craig Steadman 4-5 Justin Astley
Dechawat Poomjaeng 5-1 Mohamed Khairy
Paul S Davison 4-5 Sean O’Sullivan
Tony Drago 4-5 Sam Baird
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 5-0 Joel Walker
Ian Burns w/o Jamie O’Neill
Zhang Anda 5-3 Michael Wild
Pankaj Advani 2-5 Simon Bedford
