Kyren Wilson shows signs of life at English Open

Kyren Wilson has shown signs of life in his difficult season by easily beating Poland's Mateusz Baranowski to reach round two of the English Open in Brentwood. The 34-year-old English player has struggled throughout the season, suffering a comprehensive defeat to Liam Highfield in the last 32 of the British Open in Cheltenham last week. But Wilson knuckled down and two consecutive half-centuries saw him safely over the line and into a round two meeting with recent Wuhan Open winner Chang Bingyu. The match promises to be full of drama as both players seek to regain form. Other winners on the opening day included Chris Wakelin, who won another final frame decider over Louis Heathcote, and Chinese duo Zhang Anda and Ding Junhui. Neil Robertson suffered a shock 4-3 defeat to China's Luo Zetao, ranked lowly at 117 in the world.