sentences:  The other successful qualifiers included the likes of Ryan Day, Stuart Bingham and Mark Allen.The 16 first-round matches were between players ranked 17–32 and those who had made it through the qualifying stage.In this round Ian McCulloch lost 9–7 to Jamie Burnett in spite of the score tied at 4–4 at the first session's conclusion and him compiling breaks of 64, 71, 118, 52, 65 and 63.