sentences:  Neil Robertson achieved a break of 123 in him narrowly beating Rory McLeod 9–8, and world number 30 Barry Hawkins achieved breaks of 118 and 100 en route to a 9–5 win over Stuart Pettman.World number 37 Stuart Bingham, the winner of the Masters Qualifying Event in November, took a 9–4 victory against Robert Milkins with successive breaks of 95, 77 and 88, while Dave Harold lost 9–7 to Nigel Bond.A break of 133 helped James Wattana beat Drew Henry 9–4, and Mark King emerged a 9–4 winner over Ryan Day.