ImagoThe world number 68 wasted little time in seeing off Sanderson Lam 4-1 to set up a meeting with Dessie Sheehan on Thursday at the Gloucester venue.
The tournament runs until Sunday, with big guns like Mark Selby and Judd Trump joining the action on Friday and Saturday.
First round results:
1) Darrell Whitworth 4-1 William Lemons
2) Gavin Lewis 0-4 Adam Wicheard
3) Christopher Norbury 4-2 Thomas Wealthy
4) Harvey Chandler 0-4 Duane Jones
5) Henry Roper 2-4 Saqib Nasir
6) Darryl Hill 4-1 Hassan Miah
7) Oliver Lines 4-0 Long Wang
8) Liam Monk 4-0 Joshua Willshaw
9) Dylan Craig 4-3 James Hill
10) Jeff Cundy 2-4 Kyren Wilson
11) John Astley 4-0 Tom Maxfield
12) Lloyd Condron 3-4 Gareth Green
13) Ashley Carty 4-2 Mitchell Mann
14) Ben Fortey 3-4 Alex Taubman
15) Justin Astley 4-3 James Cahill
16) Marc Davis 4-0 Stuart Carrington
17) Lee Page w/o-0 Callum Lloyd
18) Lucky Vatnani 4-0 Anthony Harris
19) David Lilley 2-4 Ben Harrison
20) Callum Downing 4-2 Mitchell Travis
21) Jamie Gibson 0-4 Shane Castle
22) Greg Davis 4-0 Bhavesh Sodha
23) Steven Hallworth 4-2 Andy Neck
24) Andrew Milliard 1-4 James Gillespie
25) Eden Sharav 4-3 Ricky Norris
26) Jay Bullen 1-4 Oliver Brown
27) Adrian Gunnell 4-1 Paul McHugh
28) Lewis Mayes 0-w/o Jamie Rhys Clarke
29) Joe Swail 4-1 Sanderson Lam
30) Matthew Day 4-0 Edward Topham
31) Phil O'Kane 4-1 Itaro Santos
