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Judd Trump and current champion Kyren Wilson were among the winners of the Northern Ireland Open on Tuesday.
Trump beat Jackson Paige of Wales 4-2 at Waterfront Hall to reach the third round.
The four-time NI Open champion will face the winner of Gary Wilson and Martin O’Donnell, who meet on Wednesday, for a place in the quarter-finals.
Tom Ford also advanced by defeating Chris Wakelin 4-1, while Yuan Sijun defeated his fellow Chinese player Long Zihuang 4-2.
Ireland’s Aaron Hill held off a comeback Barry Hawkins to win the deciding frame with a brilliant break of 92.
Earlier on Tuesday, Wilson, who defeated Trump in last year’s final, booked his place in the second round by winning the deciding match in the final frame with Oliver Lines.
Despite a break of 133 in the third frame, Wilson found himself 3-2 down to Lines but the 2024 world champion won the final two frames to advance.
In other first-round matches that opened Tuesday’s action in Belfast, Stephen Maguire beat 2023 world champion Luca Brecel, while there were also victories for Ali Carter, Mark Davis, Si Jiahui and Ryan Day.
Home favorites Mark Allen and Jordan Brown will compete in the second round on Wednesday.
Two-time winner Allen faces Ben Wollaston, and Brown, who stunned world champion Zhao Xingtong in the opening round, faces Ashley Hugill. Both matches start at 19:00 GMT.
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