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Three-time world champion Mark Williams progressed into round three after a captivating but error-strewn match with Sanderson Lam.
England’s Lam, ranked 65 in the world, will rue missed opportunities having forced a final-frame decider after coming from behind on three occasions.
Two-time Welsh Open champion Williams opened with a break of 90 to punish a costly miss on the black by Lam who responded with a break of 89 in the second frame.
Williams then fired in a 117 break in frame three, but Lam continued to battle as the contest ultimately went to a seventh frame which was won by the Welshman with an emphatic 96 break.
“I’m definitely pleased, I think I played quite well,” said Williams.
“He [Lam] missed an easy black in the first frame and I think he missed another easy black, but he potted some unbelievable ones tight off the cushion.
“I think overall it was a good match, I think both of us played well in patches.”
Adam Duffy clinched a convincing 4-0 win over Llanelli’s Jamie Clarke – with a 54 break in frame two being the highlight for the Sheffield man.
