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Trump handed walkover into second round

ESPN staff
November 25, 2014
Judd Trump will now play his first match of the 2014 UK Championship on Saturday © Getty Images
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Judd Trump has been handed a walkover victory into the last 64 of the UK Championship after Chinese first-round opponent Rouzi Maimaiti had visa issues while attempting to travel to England.

Bristolian Trump, who won the tournament in 2011, will now open his campaign against the winner of Aditya Mehta and Alex Davies on Saturday.

During the tournament's opening session at the Barbican Centre in York on Tuesday, 2006 world champion Graeme Dott cruised to a 6-2 win over 18-year-old Swiss Alexander Ursenbacher, while Peter Ebdon a winner in York eight years ago, scraped past Ross Muir 6-5. Barry Hawkins thrashed Ashley Carty 6-1.

In the evening session, Stuart Bingham, who won the Shanghai Masters in September, recorded one of just two walkover victories on day one as he eased to a 6-0 win over Thai 20-year-old Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon

Last year's champion Neil Robertson, who revealed that he had become vegan ahead of his title defence, opens his account against Joe O'Connor in Wednesday's evening session.

UK Championship Day 1 results

Judd Trump W/O Rouzi Maimaiti
Kurt Maflin 6-1 Chris Norbury
Peter Ebdon 6-5 Ross Muir
Robert Milkins 6-0 Michael Leslie
Marcus Campbell 6-4 Scott Donaldson
Graeme Dott 6-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Anthony Hamilton 6-5 Craig Steadman
Barry Hawkins 6-1 Ashley Carty
Nigel Bond 6-3 Stuart Carrington
Joel Walker 6-1 Alan McManus
Stuart Bingham 6-0 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
Michael Holt 6-1 Zak Surety
Dechawat Poomjaeng 6-2 Andrew Norman

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