Stephen Maguire and Hossein Vafaei both scored comfortable wins in the qualifying round of the BetVictor German Masters on Thursday to book places in the final stages in Berlin next month.
Maguire has shown improved form this season, reaching two ranking event quarter-finals, and the Scot continued his resurgence with a 5-1 victory over Rebecca Kenna. Breaks of 51, 52 and 72 helped Maguire, who was runner-up in this event in 2012, into the last 64.
Iran’s Vafaei top scored with 72 in a 5-0 whitewash of Mink Nutcharut, while former World Champion Graeme Dott came from 3-2 down to beat Brazil’s Victor Sarkis 5-3.
Ryan Day top scored with 91 in a 5-3 win over Stan Moody, while BetVictor Scottish Open semi-finalist Zhou Yuelong came from 2-0 down to edge out Jak Jones 5-4 with a top break of 104.
The qualifying round concludes on Friday.
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