The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Yupeng grabs limelight with first maximum
Ronnie O’Sullivan opened his bid for the Dafabet Scottish Open with a win yesterday but it was Cao Yupeng who grabbed the spotlight with a stunning 147 in Glasgow.
Yupeng notched his first maximum break in tournament play to win the third frame in his 4-0 win over Andrew Higginson to become only the third player from mainland China to achieve the feat, following Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo.
The 27-year-old was in devastating form as he reeled off further breaks of 72, 56 and 64 to seal a one-sided victory, with Higginson only managing to score 53 points in the match.
O’Sullivan, who won his sixth UK Championship title on Sunday, beat Michael Georgiou 4-1 in his first round match.
The Rocket, who next plays Robert Milkins, said: “I enjoy Scotland and I’ve got some good friends here.
“I’ll try my best and if I can win another tournament then great.”
Scots Alan McManus and Anthony McGill made it through to the second round, but countrymen Ross Muir and Ross Vallance were knocked out.
McManus beat Matthew Selt 4-2 while McGill wasted no time in seeing off Ryan Day 4-0 with breaks off 66, 55, 60 and 58.
Peter Ebdon and Ding Junhui both won 4-2, against Aditya Mehta and Jak Jones, respectively but 1997 world champion Ken Doherty lost 4-1 to Craig Steadman and Matthew Stevens tumbled out 4-1 to Hammad Miah.