sentences:  World number 18 Barry Pinches lost his match against Dominic Dale with a heavy 9–3 defeat, while Ali Carter beat Jamie Cope by the same scoreline, and Marco Fu won 9–6 over Michael Judge.Gerard Greene received a walkover to the next round after his opponent the world number 22 Quinten Hann failed to appear for the match and withdrew from the tournament for undisclosed reasons.Breaks of 84, 83, 74, 62 and 61 gave Ding a 5–3 advantage over Anthony Hamilton, and he won four successive frames in the game's second session to take a 9–3 win and progress to the second round.