Zhao Xintong narrowly missed out on a 147 break after Xiao Guodong had earlier hit a most as each gamers progressed to the second spherical on the Wuhan Open.
World champion Zhao, 28, of China fluffed an easy remaining pink as he closed in on a 147 throughout a 5-3 victory over Ukraine’s Iulian Boiko.
Zhao, who made back-to-back breaks of 132 and 134, the latter in his near-miss, rounded off the win with a go to of 122.
Defending champion Xiao, 36, had earlier made a most throughout his 5-0 thrashing of former girls’s world champion Mink Nutcharut of Thailand.
“To make a 147 right here as we speak – and my first ever most break in China – was actually particular. I used to be thrilled to realize that,” China’s Xiao informed World Snooker.
Elsewhere, world primary Judd Trump cruised by means of with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Pakistan’s Farakh Ajaib.
The Englishman was already main 3-1 when he put collectively a break of 130, and ultimately clinched victory with a half-century within the sixth body.
Three-time world champion Mark Williams made a century break in every of the primary three frames en path to a 5-3 victory over fellow Welshman Liam Davies.
Veteran Englishman Jimmy White was knocked out within the first spherical following a 5-2 defeat by Hong Kong’s Marco Fu.
Mark Allen, Mark Selby, Jak Jones, Gary Wilson, Barry Hawkins and Jackson Web page additionally all progressed to the second spherical.
