The reigning world champion (Masters) Phisit Chandsri of Thailand was impressive today and scored high break of the competition. He made 124 points break in third frame and defeated Wayne Brown of England 3-0.

The match between Ryan Thomerson and Shivam Arora went till the decider frame where Ryan capitalized well to knockout Shivam. Ryan after losing first frame secured next two to get 2-1 lead with a well crafted 65 points break in third frame. However, Shivam leveled at 2-all with a counter break of 54 points in fourth frame.

In an unexpectedly tough contest, Ryan Thomerson of Australia managed to edge out Adem Gerwash of Liby to step in Last-32.

Thomerson missed the third frame by just one point and had also struggled in couple of frames but composed himself to counter all odds and had a break of break of 70 points to lead 3-2. Adem, who do not want to concede so easily pulled him to play decider by winning the sixth frame 55-41. In such do-or die situation, Tomerson crafted an excellent break of 62 points to win the decider and knock-out Adem.