Defending World Masters champion Stephen Bunting managed to pull off an almighty comeback to clinch a 3-2 victory over William Borland as Rob Cross suffered a shock loss to William O'Connor.

Jermaine Wattimena, Cameron Menzies, Bradley Brooks, Andy Baetens, Florian Hempel, William Borland, William O’Connor and Kevin Doets were those eight players who are into the first round.