Ronnie O’Sullivan is now in the last 32 of the 2015 BetVictor Welsh Snooker Open in Cardiff. Ronnie then beat Vinnie Calabrese 4-1 but was made to work hard by McLeod in the second round who missed a tricky green when he had a chance to go 3-0 up..
That was the turning point as five-time World Champion O’Sullivan recovered to 2-1 then reeled off the last three frames with top breaks of 94 and 106.Welshman Jamie Jones raised a cheer from the home fans with a 4-3 victory over Masters champion Shaun Murphy. It was Murphy who made the better breaks with 102, 117 and 70, but Jones won the scrappy frames and got the better of a tense decider by clearing from green to pink.
Trump took just under a hour to beat Mark Joyce 4-0, top scoring with 110 and 104. Neil Robertson was also on the right side of a whitewash, beating David Morris 4-0 with a top break of 72.
Ali Carter impressed in a 4-0 win over Mark King while Mark Allen made a 133 in a 4-3 win over Cao Yupeng.